Chapter 12

           Nowtrivialasthiscontactmayseemtosome,itwasoftheutmostsignificancetoClyde.Uptothistimehehadneverseenagirlwithsomuchcharmwhowoulddeigntolookathim,orsoheimagined.Andnowhehadfoundone,andshewasprettyandactuallyinterestedsufficientlytoaccompanyhimtodinnerandtoashow.Itwastrue,perhaps,thatshewasaflirt,andnotreallysincerewithanyone,andthatmaybeatfirsthecouldnotexpecthertocenterherattentionsonhim,butwhoknewwhocouldtell?

           AndtruetoherpromiseonthefollowingTuesdayshemethimatthecornerof14thStreetandWyandotte,neartheGreen–Davidson.Andsoexcitedandflatteredandenrapturedwashethathecouldscarcelyarrangehisjumbledthoughtsandemotionsinanyseemlyway.Buttoshowthathewasworthyofher,hehadmadeanalmostexotictoilethairpomaded,abutterflytie,newsilkmufflerandsilksockstoemphasizehisbrightbrownshoes,purchasedespeciallyfortheoccasion.

           ButoncehehadreencounteredHortense,whetherallthiswasofanyimporttoherhecouldnottell.For,afterall,itwasherownappearance,nothis,thatinterestedher.Andwhatwasmoreatrickwithhershechosetokeephimwaitinguntilnearlyseveno’clock,adelaywhichbroughtaboutinhimthedeepestdejectionofspiritforthetimebeing.Forsupposing,afterall,intheinterval,shehaddecidedthatshedidnotcareforhimanddidnotwishtoseehimanymore.Well,thenhewouldhavetodowithouther,ofcourse.

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