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Chapter 14

           ForoncepartandparcelofthislocalhomeshehadjoinedshewasbecomingconsciousofvariouslocaltaboosandrestrictionswhichmadeitseemlikelythatneveratanytimeherewoulditbepossibletoexpressaninterestinClydeoranyoneaboveherofficially.Fortherewasalocaltabooinregardtofactorygirlsaspiringtowardorallowingthemselvestobecomeinterestedintheirofficialsuperiors.Religious,moralandreservedgirlsdidn’tdoit.Andagain,asshesoondiscovered,thelineofdemarcationandstratificationbetweentherichandthepoorinLycurguswasassharpasthoughcutbyaknifeordividedbyahighwall.Andanothertabooinregardtoalltheforeignfamilygirlsandmen—ignorant,low,immoral,un-American!Oneshould—aboveall—havenothingtodowiththem.

           Butamongthesepeopleasshecouldsee—thereligiousandmoral,lowermiddle-classgrouptowhichsheandallofherintimatesbelonged—dancingorlocaladventurousgayety,suchaswalkingthestreetsorgoingtoamovingpicturetheater—wasalsotaboo.Andyetshe,herself,atthistime,wasbecominginterestedindancing.Worsethanthis,thevariousyoungmenandgirlsoftheparticularchurchwhichsheandGraceMarrattendedatfirst,werenotinclinedtoseeRobertaorGraceasequals,sincethey,forthemostpart,weremembersofolderandmoresuccessfulfamiliesofthetown.

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