Chapter 11

           TheeffectofthisadventureonClydewassuchasmighthavebeenexpectedinconnectionwithonesonewandstrangetosuchaworldasthis.Inspiteofallthatdeepandurgentcuriosityanddesirethathadeventuallyledhimtothatplaceandcausedhimtoyield,still,becauseofthemoralpreceptswithwhichhehadsolongbeenfamiliar,andalsobecauseofthenervousestheticinhibitionswhichwerecharacteristicofhim,hecouldnotbutlookbackuponallthisasdecidedlydegradingandsinful.Hisparentswereprobablyrightwhentheypreachedthatthiswasalllowandshameful.Andyetthiswholeadventureandtheworldinwhichitwaslaid,onceitwasallover,waslitwithakindofgross,paganbeautyorvulgarcharmforhim.Anduntilotherandmoreinterestingthingshadpartiallyeffacedit,hecouldnothelpthinkingbackuponitwithconsiderableinterestandpleasure,even.

           Inadditionhekepttellinghimselfthatnow,havingasmuchmoneyashewasmaking,hecouldgoanddoaboutashepleased.Heneednotgothereanymoreifhedidnotwantto,buthecouldgotootherplacesthatmightnotbeaslow,maybemorerefined.Hewouldn’twanttogowithacrowdlikethatagain.HewouldratherhavejustonegirlsomewhereifhecouldfindheragirlsuchasthosewithwhomhehadseenSieberlingandDoyleassociate.Andso,despiteallofhistroublesomethoughtsofthenightbefore,hewasthuswonquicklyovertothisnewsourceofpleasureifnotitsprimarysetting.

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