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Of course Clara had to corner Danica the next morning. “Whyever did you leave so quickly? You only danced one dance!”
“I — I wasn’t feeling very well. I believe the punch didn’t agree with me.”
Clara sent her a skeptical look at that weak reply and opened her mouth to argue further, but after Danica made it clear she wasn’t going to answer any more questions — nor comment on her dance with Mr. Jeremiah Wilcox — the other girl more or less gave up. Anyway, she had to be at the store at nine thirty, and so was more or less out of Danica’s hair.
The remainder of Saturday was taken up by grading papers and helping Mrs. Wilson around the house. If the landlady had questions of her own about Danica’s conduct the night before, she kept them to herself, for which Danica was eternally gratef
