Американская трагедия

Chapter 1

           Alreadyshehaddisplayedatendencytobecomethickandfastfriends,notonlywiththescionsoftheolderandmoreconservativefamilieswhoconstitutedtheultra-respectableelementofthecity,butalso,andthiswasmoretohermother’sdistaste,withthesonsanddaughtersofsomeofthoselaterandhencesociallylessimportantfamiliesoftheregionthesonsanddaughtersofmanufacturersofbacon,canningjars,vacuumcleaners,woodenandwickerware,andtypewriters,whoconstitutedasolidenoughfinancialelementinthecity,butwhomadeupwhatmightbeconsideredthe"fastset"inthelocallife.

           InMrs.Griffiths’opinion,therewastoomuchdancing,cabareting,automobilingtoonecityandanother,withoutduesocialsupervision.Yet,asacontrasttohersister,Myra,whatarelief.Itwasonlyfromthepointofviewofpropersurveillance,oruntilshewassafelyandreligiouslymarried,thatMrs.Griffithstroubledorevenobjectedtomostofherpresentcontactsandyearningsandgayeties.Shedesiredtoprotecther.

           "Now,wherehaveyoubeen?"shedemanded,asherdaughterburstintotheroom,throwingdownherbooksanddrawingneartotheopenfirethatburnedthere.

           "Justthink,Mamma,"beganBellamostunconcernedlyandalmostirrelevantly."TheFinchleysaregoingtogiveuptheirplaceoutatGreenwoodLakethiscomingsummerandgouptoTwelfthLakenearPinePoint.They’regoingtobuildanewbungalowupthere.

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