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Chapter 9

           Carfare,meals,ahotelbill,maybeanautomobilerideortwo.AndafterthathewouldbeinclosecontactwiththisRitawhomhescarcelyknew.AndmightshenottakeitonherselftobecomeintimatehereinLycurgus,maybe—expecthimtocallonherregularly—andgoplaces—andthen—well,gee—supposingtheGriffiths—hiscousinGilbert,heardoforsawthis.Hadn’tZellasaidthatshesawhimoftenonthestreethereandthereinLycurgus?Andwouldn’ttheybelikelytoencounterhimsomewhere—sometime—whentheywerealltogether?Andwouldn’tthatfixhimasbeingintimatewithjustanotherstoreclerklikeDillardwhodidn’tamounttosomuchafterall?Itmightevenmeantheendofhiscareerhere!Whocouldtellwhatitmightleadto?

           Hecoughedandmadevariousexcuses.Justnowhehadalotofworktodo.Besides—aventurelikethat—hewouldhavetoseefirst.Hisrelatives,youknow.BesidesnextSundayandtheSundayafter,someextraworkinconnectionwiththefactorywasgoingtoholdhiminLycurgus.Afterthattimehewouldsee.Actually,inhiswaveringway—andvariousdisturbingthoughtsastoRita’scharmreturningtohimatmoments,hewaswonderingifitwasnotdesirable—hisotherdecisiontothecontrarynotwithstanding,toskimphimselfasmuchaspossibleovertwoorthreeweeksandsogoanyhow.Hehadbeensavingsomethingtowardanewdresssuitandcollapsiblesilkhat.

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