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"It’s tedious," he said, but I could tell fro, analytical work he enjoyed "She definitely had help, but I’’s odd about it all We’ve got the security tea the city, and I’ll probably be here all day How’s your Saturday going?"

"Not bad One of , so it all worked out"

"I’lad to hear that," he said "Do you have dinner plans toht?"

"Not at all"

"How does six sound?"

"Works for et you I told you I’d make it up to you"

"I believed you," I hurried to assure hi foot"

"You didn’t"

"Well, I’d better get back to work," he said, and I could practically hear hi over the phone

"I’ll see you toht Don’t work too hard today"

"I won’t" But if I knew him, he would I’d have bet money that he’d have dark circles under his eyes when he came to pick me up for our date

By the er of having some dark circles, myself I hadn’t slept ive Owen for Christ at all so soon after starting to date hio to dinner with him

After church and a quick lunch, I’d headed out shopping, presue part to look for ideas of so aboutthe sa as I fretted about this first real date

As I walked up Broadway in SoHo, looking , I bu soft I yelped and ju attention, but I surely would have seen another person that close to s and realized who the person was, I knew I hadn’t lost my peripheral vision It’s easy to buht in front of you

"Didn’tin where and when I’ht now"

"Don’t you? You’re having quite the dilemma at the moment" She tilted her head to one side "I know you don’t want ift?"

Suspicious, I asked, "Like what?"

"A little wardrobe advice For your dinner tonight Wardrobe is part ofat her and her weird, misreen washed silk tri from underneath--I wasn’t so sure she was qualified, but what could it hurt? I could always ignore what she said, and I did desperately need wardrobe advice "Okay, sure What should I wear tonight?"

She tapped her wand against her lips and pondered "Based on his profile, I believe you’d do best in so classic, not showy He appreciates function over forood workh he won’t be consciously aware of it" I had to ad like that or could afford to buy it I supposed I could borrow soood advice," I said, but then before I could react, she’d waved her wand at le all over, then I looked down and sawa red satin dress with a hoop skirt I couldn’t say anything in protest because the corset was so tight I couldn’t breathe

"Oh, no, that won’t do at all," Ethelinda said, shaking her head "Wrong century, and possibly the wrong season" She waved her wand again, and I gasped to catch one Whatever she’d put h it scratched my neck I looked at my reflection in a nearby shopand saw that I earing a high-necked, starchy Victorian blouse and long skirt "Now, that is fetching on you," Ethelinda said, "but I don’t think it’s quite right for the occasion" This time when she waved the wand, I went back to the outfit I had been wearing I glanced around worriedly, even though I was pretty sure nobody could see ain, in that neighborhood, it ht not even raise an eyebrow They’d think it was a photo shoot for a fashion azine