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Chapter 32

           ForonceSondrahadinterestedherselfinhim,itwasnotlongbeforeshebegantorealizewhathisfinancialstatewasandwasconcernedtomakehisfriendshipforheratleastasinexpensiveaspossible.Andbecauseofthisattitudeonherpart,whichinturnwasconveyedtoBertine,GrantCranstonandothers,itbecamepossibleonmostoccasionsforClyde,especiallywhentheaffairwaslocal,togohereandtherewithouttheexpenditureofanymoney.EvenwhentheaffairwasatanypointbeyondLycurgusandheconsentedtogo,thecarofanotherwasdelegatedtopickhimup.

           FrequentlyaftertheNewYear’sEvetriptoSchenectady,whichprovedtobeanoutingofrealimporttobothClydeandSondraseeingthatonthatoccasionshedrewnearertohimaffectionatelythaneverbeforeitwasSondraherselfwhochosetopickhimupinhercar.Hehadactuallysucceededinimpressingher,andinawaythatmostflatteredhervanityatthesametimethatitappealedtothefinesttraitinherawarmdesiretohavesomeone,someyouthlikeClyde,whowasatonceattractiveandofgoodsocialstation,dependentuponher.SheknewthatherparentswouldnotcountenanceanaffairbetweenherandClydebecauseofhispoverty.Shehadoriginallynotcontemplatedany,thoughnowshefoundherselfwishingthatsomethingofthekindmightbe.

           However,noopportunityforfurtherintimaciesoccurreduntilonenightabouttwoweeksaftertheNewYear’sparty.

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