Американская трагедия

Chapter 11

           Hemustfindafreepagangirlofhisownsomewhereifhecould,likeDoyle,andspendhismoneyonher.Andhecouldscarcelywaituntilopportunityshouldprovidehimwiththemeansofgratifyinghimselfinthisway.

           ButmoreinterestingandmoretohispurposeatthetimewasthefactthatbothHegglundandRatterer,inspiteof,orpossiblybecauseof,asecretsenseofsuperioritywhichtheydetectedinClyde,wereinclinedtolookuponhimwithnolittleinterestandtocourthimandtoincludehimamongalltheirthoughtsofaffairsandpleasures.Indeed,shortlyafterhisfirstadventure,Rattererinvitedhimtocometohishome,where,asClydemostquicklycametosee,wasalifeverydifferentfromhisown.AttheGriffiths’allwassosolemnandreserved,thestillmoodsofthosewhofeelthepressureofdogmaandconviction.InRatterer’shome,thereverseofthiswasnearlytrue.Themotherandsisterwithwhomhelived,whilenotwithoutsomemoralalthoughnoparticularreligiousconvictions,wereinclinedtoviewlifewithagreatdealofgenerosityor,asamoralistwouldhaveseenit,laxity.Therehadneverbeenanykeenmoralorcharacterfuldirectionthereatall.AndsoitwasthatRattererandhissisterLouise,whowastwoyearsyoungerthanhimself,nowdidaboutastheypleased,andwithoutthinkingverymuchaboutit.Buthissisterchancedtobeshrewdorindividualenoughnottowishtocastherselfawayonjustanyone.

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