Американская трагедия

Chapter 31

           ForshecouldnothelprecallingthatonthepreviousSaturdayhehadsaidhehadbeenthereFridayandthepaperontheotherhandhadstatedthathewasinGloversville.Butifshequestionedhiminregardtothesethingsnow,wouldhenotgetangryandlietoherstillmore?Forafterallshecouldnothelpthinkingthatapartfromhisloveforhershehadnorealclaimonhim.Butshecouldnotpossiblyimaginethathecouldchangesoquickly.

           "Sothatwaswhyyoudidn’tcometo-night,wasit?"sheasked,withmorespiritandirritationthanshehadeverusedwithhimbefore."Ithoughtyoutoldmesureyouwouldn’tletanythinginterfere,"shewenton,alittleheavily.

           "Well,soIdid,"headmitted."AndIwouldn’thaveeither,exceptfortheletterIgot.YouknowIwouldn’tletanyonebutmyuncleinterfere,butIcouldn’tturnthemdownwhentheyaskedmetocomethereonChristmasDay.It’stooimportant.Itwouldn’tlookright,wouldit,especiallywhenyouweren’tgoingtobehereintheafternoon?"

           ThemannerandtoneinwhichhesaidthisconveyedtoRobertamoreclearlythananythingthathehadeversaidbeforehowsignificantheconsideredthisconnectionwithhisrelativestobeandhowunimportantanythingshemightvalueinregardtothisrelationshipwastohim.Itcametohernowthatinspiteofallhisenthusiasmanddemonstrativenessinthefirststagesofthisaffair,possiblyshewasmuchmoretrivialinhisestimationthanshehadseemedtoherself.

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