Американская трагедия

Chapter 33

           Beingsensitivetoconventionalormoralstimuliashestillwas,hecouldnotquiteachieveadiscreditablething,evenwherehisownhighestambitionswereinvolved,withoutameasureofregretoratleastshame.Alsohewassoanxioustokeephisdinnerengagementandnottobefurtherinvolvedthathismannerwasimpatient.ItdidnotescapeRoberta.

           "Youknow,Clyde,"shepleaded,bothearnestlyandeagerly,theverydifficultyofherstateencouraginghertobeboldanddemanding,"yousaidifanythingwentwrongyou’dhelpme."

           Atonce,becauseofthoserecentfewand,ashenowsawthem,foolishvisitstoherroom,onwhichoccasionsbecauseofsomeremainingsentimentanddesireonthepartofbothhehadbeenbetrayedintosporadicanddecidedlyunwisephysicalrelationswithher,henowrealizedwhatthedifficultywas.Andthatitwasasevere,compelling,dangerousdifficulty,ifitweretrue.Alsothathewastoblameandthatherewasarealpredicamentthatmustbeovercome,andthatquickly,unlessastillgreaterdangerwastobefaced.Yet,simultaneously,hisveryrecentandyetdecidedlycompellingindifferencedictating,hewasalmostreadynowtoassumethatthismightbelittlemorethanaruseorlovelorndeviceorbitofstrategyintendedtoretainorreenlisthisinterestinspiteofhimselfathoughtwhichhewasonlyinpartreadytoharbor.Hermannerwastoodejectedanddespairing.

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