Американская трагедия

Chapter 29

           Amortgageof$2000thathadbeenplacedonityearsbeforehadneverbeenpaidoff,thenorthchimneywasstillimpaired,thestepsweresaggingevenmorethaneverandthewallsandfencesandoutlyingbuildingswerenodifferent—savetobemadepicturesquenowbythesnowsofwintercoveringthem.Eventhefurnitureremainedthesamejumblethatithadalwaysbeen.Andtherewerehermotherandyoungersisterandbrother,whoknewnothingofhertruerelationshiptoClyde—amerenamehishere—andassumingthatshewaswholeheartedlydelightedtobebackwiththemoncemore.YetbecauseofwhatsheknewofherownlifeandClyde’suncertainattitudetowardher,shewasnow,ifanything,moredepressedthanbefore.

           Indeed,thefactthatdespiteherseemingrecentsuccessshehadreallycompromisedherselfinsuchawaythatunlessthroughmarriagewithClydeshewasabletoreadjustherselftothemorallevelwhichherparentsunderstoodandapproved,she,insteadofbeingtheemissaryofaslowlyandmodestlyimprovingsocialconditionforall,mightbelookeduponasonewhohadreducedittoalowerlevelstill—itsdestroyer—wassufficienttodepressandreduceherevenmore.Averydepressingandsearingthought.

           Worseandmorepainfulstillwasthethoughtinconnectionwithallthisthat,byreasonoftheillusionswhichfromthefirsthaddominatedherinconnectionwithClyde,shehadnotbeenabletomakeaconfidantofhermotheroranyoneelseinregardtohim.

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