The Clash

           ThepeculiarpersonalityofRitaSohlbergwassuchthatbyherveryactionsheordinarilyallayedsuspicion,orratherdistractedit.Althoughanovice,shehadastrangeease,courage,orbalanceofsoulwhichkeptherwholeandself-possessedunderthemosttryingofcircumstances.Shemighthavebeenovertakeninthemostcompromisingofpositions,buthermannerwouldalwayshaveindicatedease,asenseofinnocence,nothingunusual,forshehadnosenseofmoraldegradationinthismatternotroublesomeemotionastowhatwastoflowfromarelationshipofthiskind,noworryastoherownsoul,sin,socialopinion,orthelike.Shewasreallyinterestedinartandlifeapagan,infact.Somepeoplearethushardilyequipped.Itisthemostnotableattributeofthehardiertypeofpersonalitiesnotnecessarilythemostbrilliantorsuccessful.Youmighthavesaidthathersoulwasnaivelyunconsciousoftheagonyofothersinloss.Shewouldhavetakenanylosstoherselfwithanamazingequablenesssomequalms,ofcourse,butnotmanybecausehervanityandsenseofcharmwouldhavemadeherlookforwardtosomethingbetterorasgood.

           ShehadcalledonAileenquiteregularlyinthepast,withorwithoutHarold,andhadfrequentlydrivenwiththeCowperwoodsorjoinedthematthetheaterorelsewhere.Shehaddecided,afterbecomingintimatewithCowperwood,tostudyartagain,whichwasacharmingblind,foritcalledforattendanceatafternoonoreveningclasseswhichshefrequentlyskipped.

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