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           Whatwasthegoodofitall?Whatwasthegoodofhersacrifice,herdevotingherlifetoClifford?Whatwassheserving,afterall?Acoldspiritofvanity,thathadnowarmhumancontacts,andthatwasascorruptasanylow-bornJew,incravingforprostitutiontothebitch-goddess,Success.EvenClifford’scoolandcontactlessassurancethathebelongedtotherulingclassdidn’tpreventhistonguelollingoutofhismouth,ashepantedafterthebitch-goddess.Afterall,Michaeliswasreallymoredignifiedinthematter,andfar,farmoresuccessful.Really,ifyoulookedcloselyatClifford,hewasabuffoon,andabuffoonismorehumiliatingthanabounder.

           Asbetweenthetwomen,MichaelisreallyhadfarmoreuseforherthanCliffordhad.Hehadevenmoreneedofher.Anygoodnursecanattendtocrippledlegs!Andasfortheheroiceffort,Michaeliswasaheroicrat,andCliffordwasverymuchofapoodleshowingoff.

           Therewerepeoplestayinginthehouse,amongthemClifford’sAuntEva,LadyBennerley.Shewasathinwomanofsixty,witharednose,awidow,andstillsomethingofagrandedame.Shebelongedtooneofthebestfamilies,andhadthecharactertocarryitoff.Connielikedher,shewassoperfectlysimpleandfrank,asfarassheintendedtobefrank,andsuperficiallykind.Insideherselfshewasapast-mistressinholdingherown,andholdingotherpeoplealittlelower.Shewasnotatallasnob:fartoosureofherself.Shewasperfectatthesocialsportofcoollyholdingherown,andmakingotherpeopledefertoher.