Evening star., 1937-09-21
CHAPTER III.

Adaptation and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by
Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer Corp. 1897.
To an outside observer it might have
seemed curious that a 30-year-old
graduate engineer would fall in love
with a 2l-year-old blond girl. and
would allow that girls sisters to put
nm on probation for whole year
while she studied him Indeed, it was
curious, but any one who knew Margit
Agnew would understand why Waldo
had submitted.
Marglt was not merely efficient. COM
manding and meticulous. She was
very beautiful. Though she ascribed
attractlvenesS to diet and posture .
she also had fine forehead. dark and
curly hair, shapely mouth and other
assets which depended neither upon
what she ate nor how she stood. Be-
sldes that, she had a way. She was
not hard. She was not exactly domi-
neerlng. But when she looked a per-
son IN the eye. and said such and
such thing was logical. the person
invariably went away feeling that such
ana such a thing was logic itself.
Marglt had been left at the age of 90
with good family name. a rundown
estate, some useless bonds, a 13-year-
Old sister and no prospects. From
that poor start, she had renovated the
estate, brought up her sister and made
herself board chairman of New York
dressmaking establishment which We'd
successfully with the best known Paris
couturiers.
AS Waldo walked into the dining
room to tell his prospective bride the
good news. all those facts were verv
clear in his mind. There was nothing
you could do about it. Margit was a
sort of Catherine the Great, Queen
Victoria and Jeanne Dare rolled into
one-with extraordinary good looks
besides.
He found Irene jittering over her
coffee. The pure blue of her ewes
met his with frantic inquiry
Waldo nodded. It's o. K. with
Margit. June TO-
Irene said. "Oh, darling!" She felt
faint She would have liked to have
tainted. But Margit had told her
when, at a. she had had dizzy spells.
that fainting was unwomanly and
ridiculous.
So she reached up to Waldo.
1t is difficult to kiss a woman
gracefully at table and Waldo did
not try. They embraced each other
conventionally and happily-if awk-
wardly-for full minute.
Then Irene wept little. She spoke
the familiar paradox, I'm so happy!"
Waldo said, "Mmmm"
You can never tell what Margits
thinking. I was afraid right up to the
last minute that she would say no."
SO was l." Waldo replied. Scared
to DEATH
Il knew" Irene continued raptur-
ously. that you'd win out all right"
Waldo frowned
The frown alarmed Irene. Did 1
say anything that hurt your feelings?"
No Waldo sat down and amend
ed his response. Not exactly" He
picked up piece of toast and bit it
severely. Maybe I'm just upset"
Her eyes widened. AT me?"
Waldo looked through the dining
room windows to the lawn Angelo
was turning off one set of sprinklers
and starting another. BY that Waldo
knew that it must be exactly some
thing or half past something. Moth
Ing happened at three minutes after
anything in Margit's house. The
thought annoyed him. 1t made him
attempt to put his feelings into words.
AT myself" he replied. Dog
gone it, Irene-I like your sister. I'm
fond of her. I'm proud o. her. Shes
always taken care of you and I didn't
mind having TO ask her if I could