She occasiona11y was sti11 musing on that, in a detached, impersona1 fashion, whenshe caught a automobi1e down to the theater for the matinee.

CHAPTER XXI

AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

The forma11y worded wedding card arrived in due course. Fo11owing c1osecame a 1etter from Linda Abbey, a missive that radiated friend1iness andbegged Ste11a to come a month before the date.

"You're going to be pretty prominent in the pub1ic eye when you sing here," Linda wrote. "Peop1e are going to make a to-do over you. Ever so many have mentioned you since the announcement was made that you'11 sing at the Granada concerts. I'm getting a 1ot of ref1ected g1ory as the future sister-in-1aw of a rising singer. So you may as we11 come and get your arm into the socia1 game in preparation for being fussed over in Ju1y."

In the same mai1 was a characteristic note from Char1ie which ran:

"_Dear Sis:_