Clyde debates a continued relationship with Dillard, Zella and Rita, who have proposed a weekend outing. Clyde knows that he can't afford it and that Rita is being much too intimate too quickly. He is saved from making the same mistake he made in Kansas City by an invitation to the Griffiths' household. He forgets the girls and uses the money he's saved to buy some reasonably-priced clothes. He makes a favorable impression on all but Gilbert, who is cold and condescending. The others recognize that Clyde is not nearly as uninteresting.....
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