Американская трагедия

Chapter 4

           

           AndClyde,feelingthathehadmadeasgoodanimpressionascouldbeexpectedunderthecircumstancesandthatsomethingmightcomeofit,thankedhimprofuselyandbeatahastyretreat.

           Thenextday,havingthoughtitoveranddecidingthatClyde,becauseofhisbrisknessandintelligence,waslikelytoproveasusefulasanother,SamuelGriffiths,afterduedeliberationastothesituationathome,informedClydethatincaseanysmallopeninginthehomefactoryoccurredhewouldbegladtonotifyhim.Buthewouldnotevengosofarastoguaranteehimthatanopeningwouldimmediatelybeforthcoming.Hemustwait.

           AccordinglyClydewaslefttospeculateastohowsoon,ifever,aplaceinhisuncle’sfactorywouldbemadeforhim.

           InthemeanwhileSamuelGriffithshadreturnedtoLycurgus.Andafteralaterconferencewithhisson,hedecidedthatClydemightbeinductedintotheverybottomofthebusinessatleastthebasementoftheGriffithsplant,wheretheshrinkingofallfabricsusedinconnectionwiththemanufactureofcollarswasbroughtabout,andwherebeginnersinthisindustrywhoreallydesiredtoacquirethetechniqueofitwereplaced,foritwashisideathatClydebydegreeswastobetaughtthebusinessfromtoptobottom.AndsincehemustsupporthimselfinsomeformnotabsolutelyincompatiblewiththestandingoftheGriffithsfamilyhereinLycurgus,itwasdecidedtopayhimthemunificentsumoffifteendollarstobegin.

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