Американская трагедия

Chapter 12

           

           AndyetagaintherewasthestockyandyetgayFloraBrandt,adecidedlylowclassAmericantypeofcoarseandyetenticingfeatures,blackhair,large,swimmingandheavily-lashedblackeyes,asnubnoseandfullandsensuousandyetprettylips,andavigorousandnotungracefulbody,who,fromdaytoday,oncehehadbeentherealittlewhile,hadcontinuedtolookathimasiftosay—"What!Youdon’tthinkI’mattractive?"andwithalookwhichsaid:"Howcanyoucontinuetoignoreme?Therearelotsoffellowswhowouldbedelightedtohaveyourchance,Icantellyou."

           And,inconnectionwiththesethree,thethoughtcametohimafteratimethatsincetheyweresodifferent,morecommonashethought,lesswell-guardedandlesssharplyinterestedintheconventionalaspectsoftheircontacts,itmightbepossibleandthatwithoutdetectiononthepartofanyoneforhimtoplaywithoneoranotherofthemorallthreeinturnifhisinterestshouldeventuallycarryhimsofarwithoutbeingfoundout,particularlyifbeforehandhechosetoimpressonthemthefactthathewascondescendingwhenhenoticedthematall.Mostcertainly,ifhecouldjudgebytheiractions,theywouldwillinglyrewardhimbylettinghimhavehiswaywiththemsomewhere,andthinknothingofitafterwardifhechosetoignorethem,ashemusttokeephispositionhere.Nevertheless,havinggivenhiswordashehadtoGilbertGriffiths,hewasstillinnomoodtobreakit.

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