Американская трагедия

Chapter 24

           YetshealsorecalledthatalthoughshehadbeenaboutwithBellaallsummerandhadencounteredGilbert,Myraandtheirparentsfromtimetotime,therehadneverbeenawordaboutClyde.IndeedalltheinformationshehadgatheredconcerninghimwasthatoriginallyfurnishedbyMrs.Griffiths,whohadsaidthathewasapoornephewwhomherhusbandhadbroughtonfromthewestinordertohelpinsomeway.Yetnow,assheviewedClydeonthisoccasion,hedidnotseemsoutterlyunimportantorpoverty-strickenbyanymeansquiteinterestingandrathersmartandveryattractive,andobviouslyanxioustobetakenseriouslybyagirllikeherself,asshecouldsee.AndthiscomingfromGilbert’scousinaGriffithswasflattering.

           ArrivingattheTrumbull’s,afamilywhichcenteredaboutoneDouglasTrumbull,aprosperouslawyerandwidowerandspeculatorofthisregion,who,byreasonofhischildrenaswellashisowngoodmannersandlegalsubtlety,hadmanagedtoingratiatehimselfintothebestcirclesofLycurgussociety,shesuddenlyconfidedtoJillTrumbull,theelderofthelawyer’stwodaughters:"YouknowIhadafunnyexperienceto-day."Andsheproceededtorelateallthathadoccurredindetail.Afterwardatdinner,Jillhavingappearedtofinditmostfascinating,sheagainrepeatedittoGertrudeandTracy,theyoungerdaughterandonlysonoftheTrumbullfamily.

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