Американская трагедия

Chapter 8

           Herfatheronlykeepsasmallgaragehere.Iwouldn’tbotherwithherifIwereyou."Or,"Heisn’tmucharoundhere.Justaclerkinourstore."Atthesametime,inregardtosomeothers,hewasallsmilesandcompliments,oratworstapologeticfortheirsociallacks.

           AndthenhewasintroducedtoZellaShumanandRitaDickerman,who,forreasonsoftheirown,nottheleastamongwhichwasadesiretoappearalittlewiseandmoresophisticatedthantheothershere,camealittlelate.Anditwastrue,asClydewastofindoutafterwards,thattheyweredifferent,toolesssimpleandrestrictedthanquiteallofthegirlswhomDillardhadthusfarintroducedhimto.Theywerenotassoundreligiouslyandmorallyasweretheseothers.AndasevenClydenotedonmeetingthem,theywereaskeenforascloseanapproachtopaganpleasurewithoutadmittingittothemselves,asitwaspossibletobeandnotbemarkedforwhattheywere.Andinconsequence,therewassomethingintheirmanner,theveryspiritoftheintroduction,whichstruckhimasdifferentfromthetoneoftherestofthischurchgroupnotexactlymorallyorreligiouslyunhealthybutrathermuchfreer,lessrepressed,lessreservedthanweretheseothers.

           "Oh,soyou’reMr.ClydeGriffiths,"observedZellaShuman."My,youlookalotlikeyourcousin,don’tyou?IseehimdrivingdownCentralAvenueeversooften.Walterhasbeentellingusallaboutyou.

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