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It sounded easy: if Donald opened one door, Peter would open the other; if Donald seated Linda, Peter would pull her chair back. Unfortunately, theory and practice were as far apart as usual. For one thing, Peter was so clumsy that Donald had opened doors, moved chairs, and generally been attentive before Peter had got done bumping into the furniture. For another, Rose-Anne could not be ignored in favor of Linda. And, along that line, it was reasonable that Rose-Anne should prefer the attentions of an unrelated male to those of her brother. |
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The pairing-off was natural, Linda told herself, but she was somehow uneasy, even though she caught anguished glances from Peter now and again. When she was with Peter, she was |
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