CHAPTER 1
PART 20: He Dines out, Impeded by Superstitions
CHAPTER I
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Within the week I had repented of what I termed my idiotic quixotism, and for precisely nine days after that I cursed my folly. And then, at the Provises, I comprehended that in breaking off my engagement to Rosalind Jemmett I had acted with profound wisdom, and I unfolded my napkin, and said:
"Do you know I didn't catch your name -- not even this time?"