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Chapter 40

           Thebrokenchimneytothenorthroughlumpsofcementedfieldstoneslyingatitsbase;thesaggingandsemi-topplingchimneytothesouth,sustainedinplacebyalogchain.Theunkemptpathfromtheroadbelow,whichslowlyheascended!Hewasnotalittledejectedbythebrokenanddisplacedstoneswhichservedasstepsbeforethefrontdoor.Andtheunpainteddilapidatedout-buildings,allthemoredrearybecauseoftheseothers.

           "Gee!"TothinkthatthiswasRoberta’shome.Andtothink,inthefaceofallthathenowaspiredtoinconnectionwithSondraandthissocialgroupatLycurgus,sheshouldbedemandingthathemarryher!AndSondrainthecarwithhimheretoseeifnotknow.Thepoverty!Thereducedgrimnessofitall.Howfarhehadtraveledawayfromjustsuchabeginningasthis!

           Withaweakeningandsickeningsensationatthepitofhisstomach,asofsomeblowadministeredthere,henowapproachedthedoor.Andthen,asiftofurtherdistresshim,ifthatwerepossible,thedoorwasopenedbyTitusAlden,who,inanold,thread-bareandout-at-elbowscoat,aswellasbaggy,worn,jeantrousersandrough,shineless,ill-fittingcountryshoes,desiredbyhislooktoknowwhathewanted.AndClyde,beingtakenabackbytheclothes,aswellasamarkedresemblancetoRobertaabouttheeyesandmouth,nowasswiftlyaspossibleaskediftheeastandwestroadbelowranthroughBiltzandjoinedthemainhighwaynorth.

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