Американская трагедия

Chapter 6

           

           AndallthetimetheGriffiths—fatherandmother—werefeelingthatbecauseoftheaffairinconnectionwithEsta,theyshouldreallybemovingawayfromKansasCity—shouldgotoDenver.Andnowmorethanever,ClydewasinsistingthathedidnotwanttoleaveKansasCity.Theymightgo,buthehadaprettygoodjobnowandwantedtosticktoit.Andiftheyleft,hecouldgetaroomsomewhere—andwouldbeallright—athoughtwhichdidnotappealtothematall.

           ButinthemeantimewhatanenormouschangeinClyde’slife.Beginningwiththatfirstevening,whenat5:45,heappearedbeforeMr.Whipple,hisimmediatesuperior,andwasapproved—notonlybecauseofthefitofhisnewuniform,butforhisgeneralappearance—theworldforhimhadchangedentirely.Linedupwithsevenothersintheservants’hall,immediatelybehindthegeneralofficesinthelobby,andinspectedbyMr.Whipple,thesquadofeightmarchedatthestrokeofsixthroughadoorthatgaveintothelobbyontheothersideofthestaircasefromwherestoodMr.Whipple’sdesk,thenaboutandinfrontofthegeneralregistrationofficetothelongbenchontheotherside.AMr.Barnes,whoalternatedwithMr.Whipple,thentookchargeoftheassistantcaptain’sdesk,andtheboysseatedthemselves—Clydeatthefoot—onlytobecalledswiftlyandinturntoperformthis,thatandtheotherservice—whiletherelievedsquadofMr.Whipplewasledawayintotherearservants’hallasbefore,wheretheydisbanded.

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