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Caroline, out with her boyfriend Paul Kingston. At another, she spots Sylvia Brand, Brooke's fiancée, dancing with medical student Dennis Jeffers, whom Sylvia has known since childhood. Jenny eavesdrops and learns that Sylvia is in love with Dennis, but fears being disinherited by her very wealthy grandfather Olaf if they married (Dennis is the son of the family butler). She also discovers that Tom owes $ 5000 in gambling debts to Mr. Schultz.
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