Chapter 26

           Thedinneritselfwaschatteraboutajumbleofplaces,personalities,plans,mostofwhichhadnothingtodowithanythingthatClydehadpersonallycontactedhere.However,byreasonofhisowncharm,hesoonmanagedtoovercomethesenseofstrangenessandhenceindifferenceinsomequarters,moreparticularlytheyoungwomenofthegroupwhowereinterestedbythefactthatSondraFinchleylikedhim.AndJillTrumbull,sittingbesidehim,wantedtoknowwherehecamefrom,whathisownhomelifeandconnectionswerelike,whyhehaddecidedtocometoLycurgus,questionswhich,interjectedastheywerebetweensillybanterconcerningdifferentgirlsandtheirbeaus,gaveClydepause.Hedidnotfeelthathecouldadmitthetruthinconnectionwithhisfamilyatall.SoheannouncedthathisfatherconductedahotelinDenvernotsoverylarge,butstillahotel.AlsothathehadcometoLycurgusbecausehisunclehadsuggestedtohiminChicagothathecometolearnthecollarbusiness.Hewasnotsurethathewaswhollyinterestedinitorthathewouldcontinueindefinitelyunlessitprovedworthwhile;ratherhewastryingtofindoutwhatitmightmeantohisfuture,aremarkwhichcausedSondra,whowasalsolistening,aswellasJill,towhomitwasaddressed,toconsiderthatinspiteofallrumorsattributedtoGilbert,Clydemustpossesssomemeansandpositiontowhich,incasehedidnotdosowellhere,hecouldreturn.

           Thisinitselfwasimportant,notonlytoSondraandJill,buttoalltheothers.

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