Neville declines Helen's offer for Vicki and asks her to sponsor Cynthia for the Social Register

A friend named Helen, now dead, offered to put Neville's daughter Vicki into the New York social register and he declined, saying Vicki should decide when she was old enough; a month later he asked Helen instead to sponsor Sam's wife Cynthia, who now displays the book prominently in her living room.
Date (happened)
c. January 1969
unresolved
  1. c. January 1969 stated · probable · preferred
    Source The Mystery of Imagination ¶35"I think a month later", told in The Mystery of Imagination (nid 1412)
  2. c. January 1969 stated · refuted
    Source The Mystery of Imagination ¶35passages 539390-539392, relational phrase 'I think a month later'
    Why Append-only refutation; no replacement calendar date can be recovered.
    Reasoning The phrase links Cynthia's request to Helen's earlier offer; it does not anchor either event to the containing lecture's January 1969 date. The narrative says Helen is now dead and the Social Register book is already displayed, proving the episode predates delivery but not when it occurred. Thus circa January 1969 is unsupported.
Told / reported
  1. 6 January 1969 stated
    Source The Mystery of ImaginationThe Mystery of Imagination (nid 1412), telling 1412-8, told 1969-01-06
  2. 6 January 1969 estimated
    Source The Mystery of Imaginationcurrent certain delivery claim on nid 1412
    Reasoning Passages 539390-539392 belong to nid 1412, currently delivered exactly 1969-01-06/certain; the inherited telling date is estimated.
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