Американская трагедия

Chapter 25

           "Shelookedupathimandaddedquiteblandly."Peoplelikemoneyevenmorethantheydolooks."

           Whatasharpgirlthiswas,hethought,andwhatahard,coldstatement.Itcuthimnotalittle,eventhoughshehadnotintendedthatitshould.

           ButjustthenSondraherselfenteredwithsomeyouthwhomClydedidnotknowatall,gangling,butverysmartly-dressedindividual.Andafterthem,alongwithothers,BertineandStuartFinchley.

           "Heresheisnow,"addedGertrudealittlespitefully,forsheresentedthefactthatSondrawassomuchbetter-lookingthaneithersheorhersister,andthatshehadexpressedaninterestinClyde."She’llbelookingtoseeifyounoticehowprettyshelooks,sodon’tdisappointher."

           Theimpactofthisremark,areflectionoftheexacttruth,wasnotnecessarytocauseClydetogazeattentively,andeveneagerly.Forapartfromherlocalpositionandmeansandtasteindressandmanners,Sondrawasoftheexactorderandspiritthatmostintriguedhimasomewhatrefined(andbecauseofmeansandpositionshowereduponher)lesssavage,althoughscarcelylessself-centered,HortenseBriggs.Shewas,inhersmall,intenseway,aseekingAphrodite,eagertoprovetoanywhoweresufficientlyattractivethedestroyingpowerofhercharm,whileatthesametimeretainingherownpersonalityandindividualityfreeofanyentanglingallianceorcompromise.However,forvaryingreasonswhichshecouldnotquiteexplaintoherself,Clydeappealedtoher.

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