Американская трагедия

Chapter 14

           

           Andwiththisslightintroduction,KelloggnowofferedpersonallytoconductCatchumantoBelknapandJephson’soffice,justacrossthewayintheBowersBlock.

           AndthenknockingatBelknap’sdoor,theywereadmittedbyabrisk,medium-sizedandmostengaging-lookingmanofaboutforty-eight,whosegray-blueeyesatoncefixedthemselvesinthemindofCatchumanasthepsychicwindowsofadecidedlyshrewdifnotaltogethermasterfulandbroad-gaugeman.ForBelknapwasinclinedtocarryhimselfwithanairwhichallwereinclinedtorespect.Hewasacollegegraduate,andinhisyouthbecauseofhislooks,hismeans,andhislocalsocialposition(hisfatherhadbeenajudgeaswellasanationalsenatorfromhere),hehadseensomuchofwhatmightbecallednear-citylifethatallthosegaucheriesaswellassex-inhibitionsandsex-longingswhichstillsogreatlytroubledandmotivatedandevenmarkedamanlikeMasonhadlongsincebeencoveredwithaneasymannerandsocialunderstandingwhichmadehimfairlycapableofgraspinganyreasonablemoralorsocialcomplicationwhichlifewaspreparedtooffer.

           IndeedhewasonewhonaturallywouldapproachacasesuchasClyde’swithlessvehemenceandfeverthandidMason.Foronce,inhistwentiethyear,hehimselfhadbeentrappedbetweentwogirls,withoneofwhomhewasmerelyplayingwhilebeingseriouslyinlovewiththeother.Andhavingseducedthefirstandbeingconfrontedwithanengagementorflight,hehadchosenflight.

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