Book two

Chapter 1

           ThehomeofSamuelGriffithsinLycurgus,NewYork,acityofsometwenty-fivethousandinhabitantsmidwaybetweenUticaandAlbany.Nearthedinnerhourandbydegreesthefamilyassemblingforitscustomarymeal.Onthisoccasionthepreparationswereofamoreelaboratenaturethanusual,owingtothefactthatforthepastfourdaysMr.SamuelGriffiths,thehusbandandfather,hadbeenabsentattendingaconferenceofshirtandcollarmanufacturersinChicago,price-cuttingbyupstartrivalsinthewesthavingnecessitatedcompromiseandadjustmentbythosewhomanufacturedintheeast.Hewasbutnowreturnedandhadtelephonedearlierintheafternoonthathehadarrived,andwasgoingtohisofficeinthefactorywherehewouldremainuntildinnertime.

           Beinglongaccustomedtothewaysofapracticalandconvincedmanwhobelievedinhimselfandconsideredhisjudgmentandhisdecisionsoundalmostfinalforthemostpart,anyhow,Mrs.Griffithsthoughtnothingofthis.Hewouldappearandgreetherindueorder.

           Knowingthathepreferredlegoflambabovemanyotherthings,afterduewordwithMrs.Truesdale,herhomelybutusefulhousekeeper,sheorderedlamb.Andtheappropriatevegetablesanddesserthavingbeendecidedupon,shegaveherselfovertothoughtsofhereldestdaughterMyra,who,havinggraduatedfromSmithCollegeseveralyearsbefore,wasstillunmarried.Andthereasonforthis,asMrs.

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