Американская трагедия

Chapter 2

           Andalwayshisfatherandmotherweresaying"Amen"and"GlorytoGod,"andsinginghymnsandafterwardtakingupacollectionforthelegitimateexpensesofthehall—collectionswhich,ashesurmised,werelittleenough—barelyenoughtokeepthevariousmissionstheyhadconductedinexistence.

           Theonethingthatreallyinterestedhiminconnectionwithhisparentswastheexistencesomewhereintheeast—inasmallcitycalledLycurgus,nearUticaheunderstood—ofanuncle,abrotherofhisfather’s,whowasplainlydifferentfromallthis.Thatuncle—SamuelGriffithsbyname—wasrich.Inonewayandanother,fromcasualremarksdroppedbyhisparents,Clydehadheardreferencestocertainthingsthisparticularunclemightdoforaperson,ifhebutwould;referencestothefactthathewasashrewd,hardbusinessman;thathehadagreathouseandalargefactoryinLycurgusforthemanufactureofcollarsandshirts,whichemployednotlessthanthreehundredpeople;thathehadasonwhomustbeaboutClyde’sage,andseveraldaughters,twoatleast,allofwhommustbe,asClydeimagined,livinginluxuryinLycurgus.NewsofallthishadapparentlybeenbroughtwestinsomewaybypeoplewhoknewAsaandhisfatherandbrother.

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