Американская трагедия

Chapter 2

           What!Runamachine,laybricks,learntobeacarpenter,oraplasterer,orplumber,whenboysnobetterthanhimselfwereclerksanddruggists’assistantsandbookkeepersandassistantsinbanksandrealestateofficesandsuch!Wasn’titmenial,asmiserableasthelifehehadthusfarbeenleading,towearoldclothesandgetupsoearlyinthemorninganddoallthecommonplacethingssuchpeoplehadtodo?

           ForClydewasasvainandproudashewaspoor.Hewasoneofthoseinterestingindividualswholookeduponhimselfasathingapart—neverquitewhollyandindissolublymergedwiththefamilyofwhichhewasamember,andneverwithanyprofoundobligationstothosewhohadbeenresponsibleforhiscomingintotheworld.Onthecontrary,hewasinclinedtostudyhisparents,nottoosharplyorbitterly,butwithaveryfairgraspoftheirqualitiesandcapabilities.Andyet,withsomuchjudgmentinthatdirection,hewasneverquiteable—atleastnotuntilhehadreachedhissixteenthyear—toformulateanypolicyinregardtohimself,andthenonlyinaratherfumblingandtentativeway.

           Incidentallybythattimethesexlureorappealhadbeguntomanifestitselfandhewasalreadyintenselyinterestedandtroubledbythebeautyoftheoppositesex,itsattractionsforhimandhisattractionforit.And,naturallyandcoincidentally,thematterofhisclothesandhisphysicalappearancehadbeguntotroublehimnotalittle—howhelookedandhowotherboyslooked.

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