Американская трагедия

Chapter 7

           TheGriffiths—aswellastheentireworldofwhichtheywereapart—asheguessedfromthegeneralmannerofallthosewhoevencontactedhim,mustbeveryremovedfromthecommonaltyhere.Morebyinstinctthanreason,hewasinclinedtostandoffandlookverysuperior—moresosincethose,includingthisveryyouthonwhomhepractisedthisseemedtorespecthimthemore.Andalthoughuponeager—andeven—afteritsfashion,supplicatingrequest,henowwentwiththisyouth—stillhewentcautiously.AndhisaloofandcondescendingmannerDillardatoncetranslatedas"class"and"connection."Andtothinkhehadmethiminthisdull,dubbyboardinghousehere.Andonhisarrival—attheveryinceptionofhiscareerhere.

           Andsohismannerwasthatofthesycophant—althoughhehadabetterpositionandwasearningmoremoneythanClydewasatthistime,twenty-twodollarsaweek.

           "Isupposeyou’llbespendingagooddealofyourtimewithyourrelativesandfriendshere,"hevolunteeredontheoccasionoftheirfirstwalktogether,andafterhehadextractedasmuchinformationasClydecaredtoimpart,whichwasalmostnothing,whilehevolunteeredafew,mostdecidedlyfurbishedbitsfromhisownhistory.HisfatherownedadrygoodsstoreNOW.Hehadcomeoverheretostudyothermethods,etcetera.Hehadanunclehere—connectedwithStarkandCompany.Hehadmetafew—notsomanyasyet—nicepeoplehere,sincehehadn’tbeenheresoverylonghimself—fourmonthsalltold.

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