Американская трагедия

Chapter 38

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           InhisexcitementhewasforgettingthatatonetimeandanotherinthepasthehadindicatedtoRobertathatthestateofhisownparentswasnotwhollyunprosperousandthatifthingsdidnotgojusttohislikinghere,hecouldreturnwestandperhapsfindsomethingtodooutthere.Anditwassomegeneralrecollectionofthisthatnowcausedhertoask:"Couldn’twegoouttoDenverorsomethinglikethat?Wouldn’tyourfatherbewillingtohelpyougetsomethingforatime,anyhow?"

           Hertonewasverysoftandpleading,anattempttomakeClydefeelthatthingscouldnotbeasbadashewasimagining.Butthemerementionofhisfatherinconnectionwithallthis—theassumptionthathe,ofallpeople,mightproveanescapefromdrudgeryforthemboth,wasalittletoomuch.Itshowedhowdreadfullyincompletewasherunderstandingofhistruepositioninthisworld.Worse,shewaslookingforhelpfromthatquarter.And,notfindingit,latermightpossiblyreproachhimforthat—whocouldtell—forhisliesinconnectionwithit.Itmadesoveryclearnowthenecessityforfrustrating,ifpossible,andthatatonce,anytendencytowardthisideaofmarriage.Itcouldnotbe—ever.

           Andyethowwashetoopposethisideawithsafety,sinceshefeltthatshehadthisclaimonhim—howsaytoheropenlyandcoldlythathecouldnotandwouldnotmarryher?Andunlesshedidsonowshemightthinkitwouldbefairandlegitimateenoughforhertocompelhimtodoso.

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