Американская трагедия

Chapter 7

           TheGriffithsaswellastheentireworldofwhichtheywereapartasheguessedfromthegeneralmannerofallthosewhoevencontactedhim,mustbeveryremovedfromthecommonaltyhere.Morebyinstinctthanreason,hewasinclinedtostandoffandlookverysuperiormoresosincethose,includingthisveryyouthonwhomhepractisedthisseemedtorespecthimthemore.Andalthoughuponeagerandevenafteritsfashion,supplicatingrequest,henowwentwiththisyouthstillhewentcautiously.AndhisaloofandcondescendingmannerDillardatoncetranslatedas"class"and"connection."Andtothinkhehadmethiminthisdull,dubbyboardinghousehere.Andonhisarrivalattheveryinceptionofhiscareerhere.

           AndsohismannerwasthatofthesycophantalthoughhehadabetterpositionandwasearningmoremoneythanClydewasatthistime,twenty-twodollarsaweek.

           "Isupposeyou’llbespendingagooddealofyourtimewithyourrelativesandfriendshere,"hevolunteeredontheoccasionoftheirfirstwalktogether,andafterhehadextractedasmuchinformationasClydecaredtoimpart,whichwasalmostnothing,whilehevolunteeredafew,mostdecidedlyfurbishedbitsfromhisownhistory.HisfatherownedadrygoodsstoreNOW.Hehadcomeoverheretostudyothermethods,etcetera.HehadanunclehereconnectedwithStarkandCompany.Hehadmetafewnotsomanyasyetnicepeoplehere,sincehehadn’tbeenheresoverylonghimselffourmonthsalltold.

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