Американская трагедия

Chapter 16

           AndRoberta,perpetuallyconsciousofClyde’seyes,aswellashismood,wasthinkinghowlongitwouldbebeforehewouldcomearoundwithsomewordinregardtosomething.Forshewishedhimto—andbecauseofhiswhisperedwordsofthedaybefore,shewassurethatitwouldnotbelong,becausehewouldnotbeabletoresistit.Hiseyesthenightbeforehadtoldherthat.Yetbecauseoftheimpedimentsofthissituationsheknewthathemustbehavingadifficulttimethinkingofanywaybywhichhecouldsayanythingtoher.Andstillatcertainmomentsshewasglad,forthereweresuchmomentswhenshefeltsheneededthesecuritywhichthepresenceofsomanygirlsgaveher.

           Andasshethoughtofallthis,stampingatherdeskalongwiththeothers,shesuddenlydiscoveredthatabundleofcollarswhichshehadalreadystampedassixteenswerenotofthatsizebutsmaller.Shelookedatitquicklyandnervously,thendecidedthattherewasbutonethingtodo—laythebundleasideandawaitcommentfromoneoftheforemen,includingClyde,ortakeitdirectlytohimnow—reallythebetterway,becauseitpreventedanyoftheforemenseeingitbeforehedid.Thatwaswhatallthegirlsdidwhentheymademistakesofanykind.Andalltrainedgirlsweresupposedtocatchallpossibleerrorsofthatkind.

           Andyetnowandinthefaceofallherveryurgentdesiresshehesitated,forthiswouldtakeherdirecttoClydeandgivehimtheopportunityhewasseeking.

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