Американская трагедия

Chapter 8

           Pickbeingawholesaleandretaildealerinhay,grainandfeed;Mr.Witness,aflorist,andMrs.Throop,alocalrealestatedealer.AllknewSamuelGriffithsandhisfamilybyreputationanditseemednotalittleinterestingandstrangetoallofthemthatClyde,arealnephewofsorichaman,shouldbehereintheirmidst.TheonlytroublewiththiswasthatClyde’smannerwasverysoftandnotasimpressiveasitshouldbenotsoaggressiveandcontemptuous.Andmostofthemwereofthattypeofmindthatrespectsinsolenceevenwhereitpretendstocondemnit.

           Insofarastheyounggirlswereconcerned,itwasevenmorenoticeable.ForDillardwasmakingthisimportantrelationshipofClyde’sperfectlyplaintoeveryone."ThisisClydeGriffiths,thenephewofSamuelGriffiths,Mr.GilbertGriffiths’cousin,youknow.He’sjustcomeonheretostudythecollarbusinessinhisuncle’sfactory."AndClyde,whorealizedhowshallowwasthispretense,wasstillnotalittlepleasedandimpressedbytheeffectofitall.ThisDillard’seffrontery.Thebrassywayinwhich,becauseofClyde,hepresumedtopatronizethesepeople.Onthisoccasion,hekeptguidingClydehereandthere,refusingforthemostparttoleavehimaloneforaninstant.InfacthewasdeterminedthatallwhomheknewandlikedamongthegirlsandyoungmenshouldknowwhoandwhatClydewasandthathewaspresentinghim.Alsothatthosewhomhedidnotlikeshouldseeaslittleofhimaspossiblenotbeintroducedatall."Shedon’tamounttoanything.

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