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"There has been no telephone message from
Jack," her mother said, upon Betty's inquiry.
"I thought he might call up to see if I had gotten
home all right, but of course he'd hate to say
why he didn't come himself. I have half a
notion to call up Mathilde."

But Betty thought better of this. She would
not make the first move. And she certainly
would never apologize for leaving that party!
"Was every one intoxicated, Betty,?" asked her
father as he had an opportunity to talk with
her privately.

"Oh, no. But almost all the boys and girls
had taken a little of whatever it was and were
more -- lively, you know, or silly, and there were
a few, like me, that didn't know what to do with
the silly ones, at least they looked as if they
were not enjoying it, and it was sort of loud
and noisy -- oh, I can't tell you all the little
things that made me feel I didn't have to stay
and stand it. If Mrs. Huxley had been there,
I would have gone to speak to her. I thought
of leaving a note for her, but I didn't have any
paper or pencil. But I'm not sure that she
would have thought it as horrid as I did."

"We shall see that you do not have such an
experience again, Betty," said her father. "You
will have to have a talk with Jack, of course.

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