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discovered this she said Here is my name - if I had
known there would be all time papers to get story I would
stay in Seattle, - The she followed it with
"if they tell things not true I'll give them hell" -
This being unanswerable I kept quiet -
after she had been anger angry awhile - I told her that
if she wanted to go back to Seattle she could turn just stay on the
boat and ride back, as it made the round trip.
That you had given her the trip down for Bennett - but
you wouldn't want her to do anything she didnt enjoy
- If she wanted to stay only a week in California that was
alright too - or maybe an just as she wished
this she didnt answer. - after a long time she said Marshall
Jordan had read her a letter from Stefansson saying
"She could stay month or two in L.A. if she wanted to " -
I said that would be alright if she liked it and
it did Bennett good."

She was still in silent mood when I went off
at lunch time to the St Francis to meet some friends.
I really didn't know whether I'd find her on the
boat when I got back or not - and I flew down
below the minute I came aboard to see whether
she was still on the ship - but by this time
she had forgotten her anger [impatience] - and was