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Chapter 6

           

           AndallthetimetheGriffithsfatherandmotherwerefeelingthatbecauseoftheaffairinconnectionwithEsta,theyshouldreallybemovingawayfromKansasCityshouldgotoDenver.Andnowmorethanever,ClydewasinsistingthathedidnotwanttoleaveKansasCity.Theymightgo,buthehadaprettygoodjobnowandwantedtosticktoit.Andiftheyleft,hecouldgetaroomsomewhereandwouldbeallrightathoughtwhichdidnotappealtothematall.

           ButinthemeantimewhatanenormouschangeinClyde’slife.Beginningwiththatfirstevening,whenat5:45,heappearedbeforeMr.Whipple,hisimmediatesuperior,andwasapprovednotonlybecauseofthefitofhisnewuniform,butforhisgeneralappearancetheworldforhimhadchangedentirely.Linedupwithsevenothersintheservants’hall,immediatelybehindthegeneralofficesinthelobby,andinspectedbyMr.Whipple,thesquadofeightmarchedatthestrokeofsixthroughadoorthatgaveintothelobbyontheothersideofthestaircasefromwherestoodMr.Whipple’sdesk,thenaboutandinfrontofthegeneralregistrationofficetothelongbenchontheotherside.AMr.Barnes,whoalternatedwithMr.Whipple,thentookchargeoftheassistantcaptain’sdesk,andtheboysseatedthemselvesClydeatthefootonlytobecalledswiftlyandinturntoperformthis,thatandtheotherservicewhiletherelievedsquadofMr.Whipplewasledawayintotherearservants’hallasbefore,wheretheydisbanded.

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