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Peter and Donna were not the only pair whose troth was plighted that night. The phrase was Gay's--she thought it sounded much more wonderful than just getting engaged. Nan, who was to go to the dance with Gay and Noel, went home with her from the funeral and on the way told Gay that her mother had decided to stay on the island until the matter of the jug was settled.
-"She says she won't go back to St. John till it's known who is to get it. Poor mums! She'll certainly go loco if SHE doesn't. Dad is to be in China most of the year on business, so he won't miss us. We're taking the rooms at The Pinery Aunt Becky had. To think when life is so short I must be buried here for a year. It's poisonous."