Американская трагедия

Chapter 24

           WashenotaGriffithsasgoodlookingasGilbertGriffithsanyday?Andasattractiveifheonlyhadasmuchmoneyorapartofiteven.TobeabletodressintheGilbertGriffiths’fashion;toridearoundinoneofthehandsomecarshesported!Then,youbet,agirllikethiswouldbedelightedtonoticehimmayhap,whoknows,evenfallinlovewithhim.Analscharandthetrayofglasses.Butnow,ashegloomilythought,hecouldonlyhope,hope,hope.

           Thedevil!HewouldnotgoaroundtoRoberta’sthisevening.Hewouldtrumpupsomeexcusetellherinthemorningthathehadbeencalleduponbyhisuncleorcousintodosomework.Hecouldnotandwouldnotgo,feelingashedidjustnow.

           Somuchfortheeffectofwealth,beauty,thepeculiarsocialstatetowhichhemostaspired,onatemperamentthatwasasfluidandunstableaswater.

           Ontheotherhand,later,thinkingoverhercontactwithClyde,Sondrawasdefinitelytakenwithwhatmayonlybedescribedashischarmforher,allthemoredefiniteinthiscasesinceitrepresentedadirectoppositetoallthathiscousinofferedbywayofoffense.Hisclothesandhismanner,aswellasaremarkhehaddropped,totheeffectthathewasconnectedwiththecompanyinsomeofficialcapacity,seemedtoindicatethathemightbebetterplacedthanshehadimagined.

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