Американская трагедия

Chapter 13

           

           Shewasnotatallbackwardatthesametimeinspeakingofthingsthatsheneededorwouldliketohavelittlethings,atfirstanewpowderpuff,alipstick,aboxofpowderorabottleofperfume.Later,andwithouthavingyieldedanythingmoretoClydethanafewelusiveandevasiveendearmentsintimateandlanguorousrecliningsinhisarmswhichpromisedmuchbutalwayscametonothingshemadesoboldastoindicatetohimatdifferenttimesandindifferentways,purses,blouses,slippers,stockings,ahat,whichshewouldliketobuyifonlyshehadthemoney.Andhe,inordertoholdherfavorandproperlyingratiatehimself,proceededtobuythem,thoughattimesandbecauseofsomeotherdevelopmentsinconnectionwithhisfamily,itpressedhimhardtodoso.Andyet,ashewasbeginningtoseetowardtheendofthefourthmonth,hewasapparentlylittlefartheradvancedinherfavorthanhehadbeeninthebeginning.Inshort,hewasconductingafeverishandalmostpainfulpursuitwithoutanydefinitepromiseofreward.

           Inthemeantime,insofarashishometieswent,theirritationsandthedepressionswhichwerealmostinextricablyinvolvedwithmembershipintheGriffithsfamilywerenotdifferentfromwhattheyhadeverbeen.For,followingthedisappearanceofEsta,therehadsettledaperiodofdejectionwhichstillendured.

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