Американская трагедия

Chapter 3

           Sothatallthewhile,andnotunlikeherbrotherClyde,herthoughtsaswellasheremotionswerewanderinghereandtheretolove,tocomforttothingswhichinthemainhadlittle,ifanything,todowithanyself-abnegatingandself-immolatingreligioustheory.Withinherwasachemismofdreamswhichsomehowcounteractedalltheyhadtosay.

           YetshehadneitherClyde’sforce,nor,ontheotherhand,hisresistance.Shewasinthemainadrifter,withavagueyearningtowardprettydresses,hats,shoes,ribbonsandthelike,andsuper-imposedabovethis,thereligioustheoryornotionthatsheshouldnotbe.Therewerethelongbrightstreetsofamorningandafternoonafterschoolorofanevening.Thecharmofcertaingirlsswingingalongtogether,armslocked,secretsa-whispering,orthatofboys,clownish,yetrevealingthroughtheirboundingridiculousanimalitytheforceandmeaningofthatchemistryandurgetowardmatingwhichliesbackofallyouthfulthoughtandaction.Andinherself,asfromtimetotimesheobservedloversorflirtation-seekerswholingeredatstreetcornersoraboutdoorways,andwholookedatherinalongingandseekingway,therewasastirring,anerveplasmpalpitationthatspokeloudlyforalltheseeminglymaterialthingsoflife,notforthethinpleasantriesofheaven.

           Andtheglancesdrilledherlikeaninvisibleray,forshewaspleasingtolookatandwasgrowingmoreattractivehourly.

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