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Chapter 7

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           HegaveClydetheimpressionthattheseyouthswereallthebestoffriends—close—allbutDoyle,whowasalittlestandoffish,butnotcoldlyso."He’sgottoomanywomenchasin’him,dat’sall."Alsothattheywenthereandtheretogetheronoccasion—toadancehall,adinner,acertaingamblingjointdownneartheriver,acertainpleasureresort—"KateSweeney’s"—whereweresomepeachesofgirls—andsoonandsoforth,aworldofsuchinformationashadneverpreviouslybeenpouredintoClyde’sear,andthatsethimmeditating,dreaming,doubting,worryingandquestioningastothewisdom,charm,delighttobefoundinallthis—alsothepermissibilityofitinsofarashewasconcerned.Forhadhenotbeenotherwiseinstructedinregardtoallthisallhislifelong?Therewasagreatthrillandyetagreatquestioninvolvedinalltowhichhewasnowlisteningsoattentively.

           AgaintherewasThomasRatterer,whowasofatypewhichatfirstglance,onewouldhavesaid,couldscarcelyproveeitherinimicalordangeroustoanyoftheothers.Hewasnotmorethanfivefeetfour,plump,withblackhairandoliveskin,andwithaneyethatwasaslimpidaswaterandasgenialascouldbe.He,too,asClydelearnedafteratime,wasofanondescriptfamily,andsohadprofitedbynosocialorfinancialadvantagesofanykind.Buthehadaway,andwaslikedbyalloftheseyouths—somuchsothathewasconsultedaboutnearlyeverything.

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