Американская трагедия

Chapter 3

           Andthemoodsinothersawakenedresponsivemoodsinher,thoserearrangingchemismsuponwhichallthemoralityorimmoralityoftheworldisbased.

           Andthenoneday,asshewascominghomefromschool,ayouthofthatplausiblevarietyknownas"masher"engagedherinconversation,largelybecauseofalookandamoodwhichseemedtoinviteit.Andtherewaslittletostayher,forshewasessentiallyyielding,ifnotamorous.Yetsogreathadbeenherhomedrillingastotheneedofmodesty,circumspection,purityandthelike,thatonthisoccasionatleasttherewasnodangerofanyimmediatelapse.Onlythisattackoncemade,othersfollowed,wereaccepted,ornotsoquicklyfledfrom,andbydegrees,theseservedtobreakdownthatwallofreservewhichherhometraininghadservedtoerect.Shebecamesecretiveandhidherwaysfromherparents.

           Youthsoccasionallywalkedandtalkedwithherinspiteofherself.Theydemolishedthatexcessiveshynesswhichhadbeenhers,andwhichhadservedtoputothersasideforatimeatleast.Shewishedforothercontactsdreamedofsomebright,gay,wonderfulloveofsomekind,withsomeone.

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