Американская трагедия

Chapter 3

           Thesevariousdistinguishedindividualscameandwent,singlyasarule,andwiththenoiselessvigorandreservethatcharacterizestheultrasuccessful.Theyoftenatealone,conferredinpairsandgroups,noiselessly—readtheirpapersorbooks,orwenthereandthereinswiftlydrivenautomobiles—butforthemostpartseemedtobeunawareof,oratleastunaffectedby,thatelementofpassion,which,tohisimmatureminduptothistime,hadseemedtopropelanddisarrangesomanythingsinthoselesserworldswithwhichuptonowhehadbeenidentified.

           Probablyonecouldnotattaintoorretainone’splaceinsoremarkableaworldasthisunlessonewereindifferenttosex,adisgracefulpassion,ofcourse.Andhenceinthepresenceorundertheeyesofsuchpeopleonehadtoactandseemasthoughsuchthoughtsasfromtimetotimeswayedonewerefarfromone’smind.

           Afterhehadworkedherealittlewhile,undertheinfluenceofthisorganizationandvariouspersonalitieswhocamehere,hehadtakenonamostgentlemanlyandreservedair.Whenhewaswithintheprecinctsoftheclubitself,hefelthimselfdifferentfromwhathereallywas—moresubdued,lessromantic,morepractical,certainthatifhetriednow,imitatedthesobererpeopleoftheworld,andthoseonly,thatsomedayhemightsucceed,ifnotgreatly,atleastmuchbetterthanhehadthusfar

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