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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 4, No. 3. April 09, 1941

Chapter V. — Meet Me To-night

Chapter V.

Meet Me To-night.

The next thing to do was to tell Gordime of her passion. Accordingly she wrote a touching little letter, arranging to be by the notice-board at 7.15 p.m. on Wednesday, wearing a green cardigan and a tan frock.

At length the longed-for time arrived. But Gordime seemed to be in a hurry. "Must see a man about Easter Tournament," he said, and beetled off to the Gym. Sick at heart she followed at some distance. Drawn upstairs by a noise of savage debauchery, she found Gordime among about forty others, leaping and howling, his face screwed up into a frightening mask. She stopped at the door in horror, fascinated yet repelled by the awful sight. Should she go or should she stay? Gordime settled the question. "Kss kss kss hauwei!" he shrieked, gesticulating fiercely.

Viki staggered down the steps. It was bitter. To be left for this Esther Turncrman was bad enough, but that he should shout "Away" . . . She decided to join the Foreign Legion ... or the Tramping Club.

Viki's friends encouraged this drastic resolve. They thought it would broaden her.

Little did Viki realise when she added an apologetic signature to a list on the notice-board, the adventures that were to ensue from this decision.