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Her optimism gave me heart.

I forced confidence into myself.

I made inquiries, I read a book of etiquette.

In December I wrote her with authority that we would meet on the steps of the Hotel Astor, a rendezvous spot that I had learned was the most sophisticated.

We would attend a film and, later on, I stated, we might go to the Mayflower Coffee Shop or Child's or Toffenetti's for waffles.

I set the hour of our meeting for seven.