Американская трагедия

Chapter 12

           Nothinginparticularevereventuatedtheninthecity,althoughprevioustothis,inMay,therehadbeenvariousaffairsinconnectionwiththeGriffithsandtheirfriendswhichClydehadeitherreadaboutorsawatadistanceagraduationreceptionanddanceattheSnedekerSchool,alawnfeteupontheGriffiths’grounds,withastripedmarqueetentononepartofthelawnandChineselanternshunginamongthetrees.Clydehadobservedthisquitebyaccidentoneeveningashewaswalkingaloneaboutthecity.Itraisedmanyacuriousandeagerthoughtinregardtothisfamily,itshighstationandhisrelationtoit.Buthavingplacedhimcomfortablyinasmallofficialpositionwhichwasnotarduous,theGriffithsnowproceededtodismisshimfromtheirminds.Hewasdoingwellenough,andtheywouldseesomethingmoreofhimlater,perhaps.

           AndthenalittlelaterhereadintheLycurgusStarthattherewastobestagedonJunetwentieththeannualinter-cityautomobilefloralparadeandcontest(Fonda,Gloversville,AmsterdamandSchenectady),whichthisyearwastobeheldinLycurgusandwhichwasthelastlocalsocialaffairofanyconsequence,asTheStarphrasedit,beforetheannualhegiratothelakesandmountainsofthosewhowereabletodepartforsuchplaces.AndthenamesofBella,BertineandSondra,tosaynothingofGilbert,werementionedascontestantsordefendantsofthefairnameofLycurgus.

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