Американская трагедия

Chapter 43

           

           AtBertine’srequest,Johnatonceshowedhimtoaspaciousroomoverlookingthelake,whereitwashisprivilegenowtobatheandchangefortenniswithSondra,BertineandGrant.Afterdinner,asexplainedbySondra,whowasoveratBertine’sfortheoccasion,hewastocomeoverwithBertineandGranttotheCasino,wherehewouldbeintroducedtosuchasallhereknew.Therewastobedancing.To-morrow,inthemorningearly,beforebreakfast,ifhechoseheshouldridewithherandBertineandStuartalongawonderfulwoodlandtrailthroughtheforeststothewestwhichledtoInspirationPointandamoredistantviewofthelake.And,ashenowlearned,exceptforafewsuchpathsasthis,theforestwastracklessforfortymiles.Withoutacompassorguide,ashewastold,onemightwandertoone’sdeathevensoevasiveweredirectionstothosewhodidnotknow.AndafterbreakfastandaswimsheandBertineandNinaTemplewoulddemonstratetheirnewskillwithSondra’saquaplane.Afterthat,lunch,tennis,orgolf,atriptotheCasinofortea.AfterdinneratthelodgeoftheBrookshawsofUticaacrossthelake,therewastobedancing.

           Withinanhourafterhisarrival,asClydecouldsee,theprogramfortheweek-endwasalreadyfull.ButthatheandSondrawouldcontrivenotonlymomentsbutpossiblyhourstogetherhewellknew.Andthenhewouldseewhatnewdelight,inconnectionwithhermany-facetedtemperament,thewonderfuloccasionwouldprovide.

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