Американская трагедия

Chapter 9

           Howisyourfather?"

           "Oh,he’squitewell,"repliedClyde,simply."AndMother,too.They’relivinginDenvernow.WedidliveforawhileinKansasCity,butforthelastthreeyearsthey’vebeenoutthere.IhadaletterfromMotheronlytheotherday.Shesayseverythingisallright."

           "Thenyoukeepupacorrespondencewithher,doyou?That’snice."Shesmiled,forbynowshehadbecomeinterestedbyand,onthewhole,rathertakenwithClyde’sappearance.Helookedsoneatandgenerallypresentable,somuchlikeherownsonthatshewasalittlestartledatfirstandintriguedonthatscore.Ifanything,Clydewastaller,betterbuiltandhencebetterlooking,onlyshewouldneverhavebeenwillingtoadmitthat.FortoherGilbert,althoughhewasintolerantandcontemptuouseventoherattimes,simulatinganaffectionwhichwasasmuchacustomasareality,wasstilladynamicandaggressivepersonputtinghimselfandhisconclusionsbeforeeveryoneelse.WhereasClydewasmoresoftandvagueandfumbling.Herson’sforcemustbeduetotheinnateabilityofherhusbandaswellasthestrainofsomerelativesinherownlinewhohadnotbeenunlikeGilbert,whileClydeprobablydrewhislesserforcefromthepersonalunimportanceofhisparents.

           Buthavingsettledthisprobleminherson’sfavor,Mrs.Griffithswasabouttoaskafterhissistersandbrothers,whentheywereinterruptedbySamuelGriffithswhonowapproached.

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