Chapter 27

           TheensuingDecemberdaysbroughttoClydesomepleasingandyetcomplicatinganddisturbingdevelopments.ForSondraFinchley,havingfoundhimsoagreeableanadmirerofhers,wasfromthefirstinclinedneithertoforgetnorneglecthim.But,occupyingtheratherprominentsocialpositionwhichshedid,shewasatfirstratherdubiousastohowtoproceed.ForClydewastoopooranddecidedlytoomuchignoredbytheGriffithsthemselves,even,forhertoriskanymarkedmanifestationofinterestinhim.

           Andnow,inadditiontotheprimarymotivatingreasonforallthis—herdesiretoirritateGilbertbybeingfriendswithhiscousin—therewasanother.Shelikedhim.Hischarmandhisreverenceforherandherstationflatteredandintriguedher.ForherswasatemperamentwhichrequiredadulationinaboutthemeasurewhichClydeprovidedit—sincereandromanticadulation.Andattheverysametimeherepresentedphysicalaswellasmentalattributeswhichwereagreeabletoher—amorousnesswithoutthecourageatthetime,anyhow,toannoyhertoomuch;reverencewhichyetincludedherasaveryhumanbeing;amentalandphysicalanimationwhichquitematchedandcompanionedherown.

           HenceitwasdecidedlyatroublesomethoughtwithSondrahowshewastoproceedwithClydewithoutattractingtoomuchattentionandunfavorablecommenttoherself—athoughtwhichkeptherslylittlebraingoingatnightsaftershehadretired.

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