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affair, although there had been ample provision for all invited.

I remember that Betty Beale--you know, she's a society reporter on the Washington Star--was around with her notebook, and she was saying, “Oh, gee, this is a juicy story! This is a juicy wedding! All the people accepted and nobody here!”

This was the line that she had on it. But Henry comported himself with great dignity and great amiability. Nothing that he said or did indicated the slightest disturbance on his part. If you said to him, “I'm terribly sorry about this, Henry,” he'd say, “Ha, ha--part of life--push it off.” He said, “Don't say anything to Jean”--I mean, he didn't want Jean disturbed by any comments about it. I don't think anybody did speak to her about it. It was quite hard for the girl to accept the situation. Whereas the day before she had been the most popular bride of the season, on the day of the wedding, she just didn't function at all. Her wedding was small.

They went through it very well. Ilo Wallace was white as a sheet. It was awfully hard for her--these things are. She was pleasant and smiling--but white. She did look pretty pallid.

I think I went to their apartment the next day, Sunday.





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