Финансист

Chapter X

           Thedining-roomforinstancewhich,throughtwoplainwindowssetinahatsidewallbackoftheveranda,lookedsouthoverastretchofgrassandseveraltreesandbushestoadividingfencewheretheSemplepropertyendedandaneighbor’sbegan,couldbemadesomuchmoreattractive.Thatfence—sharp-pointed,graypalings—couldbetornawayandahedgeputinitsplace.Thewallwhichdividedthedining-roomfromtheparlorcouldbeknockedthroughandahangingofsomepleasingcharacterputinitsplace.Abay-windowcouldbebuilttoreplacethetwopresentoblongwindows—abaywhichwouldcomedowntothefloorandopenoutonthelawnviaswiveled,diamond-shaped,lead-panedframes.Allthisshabby,nondescriptfurniture,collectedfromheavenknowswhere—partlyinheritedfromtheSemplesandtheWigginsandpartlybought—couldbethrownoutorsoldandsomethingbetterandmoreharmoniousintroduced.HeknewayoungmanbythenameofEllsworth,anarchitectnewlygraduatedfromalocalschool,withwhomhehadstruckupaninterestingfriendship—oneofthoseinexplicableinclinationsoftemperament.WiltonEllsworthwasanartistinspirit,quiet,meditative,refined.FromdiscussingthequalityofacertainbuildingonChestnutStreetwhichwasthenbeingerected,andwhichEllsworthpronouncedatrocious,theyhadfallentodiscussingartingeneral,orthelackofit,inAmerica.AnditoccurredtohimthatEllsworthwasthemantocarryouthisdecorativeviewstoanicety.

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