Chapter 14

           InthesamewayClyde,onencounteringher,wasgreatlystirred.SincetheabortivecontactwithDillard,RitaandZella,andafterwardstheseeminglymeaninglessinvitationtotheGriffithswithitsintroductiontoandyetonlypassingglimpseofsuchpersonagesasBella,SondraFinchleyandBertineCranston,hewaslonelyindeed.Thathighworld!Butplainlyhewasnottobeallowedtoshareinit.Andyetbecauseofhisvainhopeinconnectionwithit,hehadchosentocuthimselfoffinthisway.Andtowhatend?Washenotifanythingmorelonelythanever?Mrs.Peyton!GoingtoandfromhisworkbutmerelynoddingtopeopleortalkingcasuallyorhoweversociablywithoneoranotherofthestorekeepersalongCentralAvenuewhochosetohailhimorevensomeofthefactorygirlshereinwhomhewasnotinterestedorwithwhomhedidnotdaretodevelopafriendship.Whatwasthat?Justnothingreally.Andyetasanoffsettoallthis,ofcourse,washenotaGriffithsandsoentitledtotheirrespectandreverenceevenonthisaccount?Whatasituationreally!Whattodo!

           Andatthesametime,thisRobertaAlden,onceshewasplacedhereinthisfashionandbecomingmorefamiliarwithlocalconditions,aswellasthestandingofClyde,hischarm,hisevasiveandyetsensibleinterestinher,wasbecomingtroubledastoherstatetoo.

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