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Chapter 41

           Tomatchthispleasinglittlecostume,sheplannedtoaddachiclittlegraysilkhat—poke-shaped,withpinkorscarletcherriesnestledupunderthebrim,togetherwithaneatlittlebluesergetravelingsuit,which,withbrownshoesandabrownhat,wouldmakeherassmartasanybride.Thefactthatsuchpreparationsasthesemeantadditionaldelayandexpense,orthatClydemightnotmarryherafterall,orthatthisproposedmarriagefromthepointofviewofbothwasthetarnishedanddiscoloredthingthatitwas,wasstillnotsufficienttotakefromthethoughtofmarriageasanevent,orsacramenteven,thatpropercolorandromancewithwhichitwasinvestedinhereyesandfromwhich,evenundersuchanunsatisfactorysetofcircumstancesasthese,itcouldnotbedivorced.And,strangelyenough,inspiteofallthetroubledandstrainedrelationsthathaddevelopedbetweenthem,shestillsawClydeinmuchthesamelightinwhichshehadseenhimatfirst.HewasaGriffiths,ayouthofgenuinesocial,ifnotfinancialdistinction,onewhomallthegirlsinherposition,aswellasmanyofthosefaraboveher,wouldbedelightedtobeconnectedwithinthisway—thatis,viamarriage.Hemightbeobjectingtomarryingher,buthewasapersonofconsequence,justthesame.Andonewithwhom,ifhewouldbuttroubletocareforheralittle,shecouldbeperfectlyhappy.Andatanyrate,oncehehadlovedher.

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