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Chapter 7

           Heshouldwearabrown-beltedcoatjustlikethat.Heshouldhaveabrowncap.Andasuitaswellcutandattractive.

           Similarly,anotunrelatedandyetdifferenteffectwasproducedbythatsameyouthwhohadfirstintroducedClydetotheworkhere—Hegglund—whowasoneoftheolderandmoreexperiencedbell-hops,andofconsiderableinfluencewiththeothersbecauseofhisgenialanddevil-may-careattitudetowardeverything,outsidetheexactlineofhishotelduties.Hegglundwasneitherasschoolednorasattractiveassomeoftheothers,yetbyreasonofamostavidanddynamicdisposition—plusaliberalitywheremoneyandpleasurewereconcerned,andacourage,strengthanddaringwhichneitherDoylenorRatterernorKinsellacouldmatch—astrengthanddaringalmostentirelydivestedofreasonattimes—heinterestedandcharmedClydeimmensely.AshehimselfrelatedtoClyde,afteratime,hewasthesonofaSwedishjourneymanbakerwhosomeyearsbeforeinJerseyCityhaddesertedhismotherandlefthertomakeherwayasbestshecould.InconsequenceneitherOscarnorhissisterMarthahadhadanytoomucheducationordecentsocialexperienceofanykind.Onthecontrary,attheageoffourteenhehadleftJerseyCityinaboxcarandhadbeenmakinghiswayeversinceasbesthecould.

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