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Chapter 22

           Whathaveanyofthesestruttingyoungmen,andgay,coaxing,flirtinggirlsallaboutme,thatIhavenot?AndifIchosewerelessloyalthanIamwhatmightInotdo?"AndthiswasprovingtohimthatthenotionwhichHortenseBriggs,tosaynothingofthemorerecentfiascoinconnectionwithRitahadtendedtobuildupinhismind,i.e.thathewaseitherunsuccessfulorill-fatedwheregirlswereconcernedwasfalse.HewasafterallanddespitevariousfailuresandinhibitionsayouthoftheDonJuanorLothariostripe.

           AndifnowRobertawasobviouslywillingtosacrificeherselfforhiminthisfashion,musttherenotbeothers?

           Andthis,inspiteofthepresentindifferenceoftheGriffiths,causedhimtowalkwithevenmoreofanairthanhadhithertocharacterizedhim.Eventhoughneithertheynoranyofthoseconnectedwiththemrecognizedhim,stillhelookedathimselfinhismirrorfromtimetotimewithanassuranceandadmirationwhichbeforethishehadneverpossessed.FornowRoberta,feelingthatherfuturewasreallydependentonhiswillandwhim,hadsetherselftoflatterhimalmostconstantly,tobeasobligingandconvenienttohimaspossible.Indeed,accordingtohernotionoftheproperorderoflife,shewasnowhisandhisonly,asmuchasanywifeisevertoahusband,todowithashewished.

           Andforatimetherefore,Clydeforgothisratherneglectedstatehereandwascontenttodevotehimselftoherwithoutthinkingmuchofthefuture.

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