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Chapter XIII

           Sheconfessedtohimyearsafterwardthatshewouldhavelovedtohavestainedhernailsandpaintedthepalmsofherhandswithmadder-red.Healthyandvigorous,shewaschronicallyinterestedinmenwhattheywouldthinkofherandhowshecomparedwithotherwomen.

           Thefactthatshecouldrideinacarriage,liveinafinehomeonGirardAvenue,visitsuchhomesasthoseoftheCowperwoodsandothers,wasofgreatweight;andyet,evenatthisage,sherealizedthatlifewasmorethanthesethings.Manydidnothavethemandlived.

           Butthesefactsofwealthandadvantagegrippedher;andwhenshesatatthepianoandplayedorrodeinhercarriageorwalkedorstoodbeforehermirror,shewasconsciousofherfigure,hercharms,whattheymeanttomen,howwomenenviedher.Sometimesshelookedatpoor,hollow-chestedorhomely-facedgirlsandfeltsorryforthem;atothertimessheflaredintoinexplicableoppositiontosomehandsomegirlorwomanwhodaredtobrazenhersociallyorphysically.Thereweresuchgirlsofthebetterfamilieswho,inChestnutStreet,intheexpensiveshops,oronthedrive,onhorsebackorincarriages,tossedtheirheadsandindicatedaswellashumanmotionscanthattheywerebetter-bredandknewit.Whenthishappenedeachstareddefiantlyattheother.Shewantedeversomuchtogetupintheworld,andyetnamby-pambymenofbettersocialstationthanherselfdidnotattractheratall.Shewantedaman

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