The Celebrity Lecture was about to begin, but Charles had not arrived yet. The people waiting in the auditorium were restless and chattering about whether or not he would show up.
“We won’t be fooled, will we?”
“Yeah, Charles said he would not pester Elena anymore. How could he possibly accept her invitation?”
“It seems to me that Elena was dumped and wanted to seize the chance to gain back some popularity!”
“Very likely it was because Charles was embarrassed by Elena that he would say so to the reporters. In fact, it’s Elena who’s been pestering Charles.”
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Their voices grew louder and louder as their remarks became more and more unkind.
Elena, hiding in her dormitory, kept sneezing one after another.
She had foreseen that she would be badly reprimanded tonight, so she had been
