I asked coldly . `` I have n't accepted him yet . '' `` But you will ? '' `` Oh , certainly . Is n't it what we 've schemed and angled for ? I 'm very well satisfied . '' And so I am . But I wish it had n't come so soon after Jack 's visit , because I feel rather upset yet . Of course I like Gus Sinclair very much , and I am sure I shall be very fond of him . Well , I must go to bed now and get my beauty sleep . I do n't want to be haggard and hollow-eyed at that important interview tomorrow -- an interview that will decide my destiny . * * * * * Thrush Hill , May 6 , 18 -- . Well , it did decide it , but not exactly in the way I anticipated . I can look back on the whole affair quite calmly now , but I would n't live it over again for all the wealth of Ind. . That day when Gus Sinclair came I was all ready for him . I had put on my very prettiest new gown to do honour to the occasion , and Alicia smilingly assured me I was looking very well . `` And so cool and composed . Will you be able to keep that up ? Do n't you really feel a little nervous , Katherine ? '' `` Not in the least , '' I said .
`` I suppose I ought to be , according XXXXX traditions , but I never felt less flustered in my life . ''
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