Американская трагедия

Chapter 9

           OnerelatedtotheattitudeoftheGriffithsthemselves,which,apartfromthatofGilbert,wasnotoneofoppositionorcompleteindifference,somuchasitwasafailureonthepartofSamuelGriffithsinthefirstinstanceandtheotherslargelybecauseofhimtograsptheratheranomalous,ifnotexactlylonelypositioninwhichClydewouldfindhimselfhereunlessthefamilychosetoshowhimatleastsomelittlecourtesyoradvisehimcordiallyfromtimetotime.YetSamuelGriffiths,beingalwaysverymuchpressedfortime,hadscarcelygivenClydeathoughtduringthefirstmonth,atleast.Hewashere,properlyplaced,asheheard,wouldbeproperlylookedafterinthefuturewhatmore,justnow,atleast?

           Andsoforalloffiveweeksbeforeanyactionofanykindwastaken,andwithGilbertGriffithscomfortedthereby,Clydewasallowedtodriftalonginhisbasementworldwonderingwhatwasbeingintendedinconnectionwithhimself.Theattitudeofothers,includingDillardandthesegirls,finallymadehispositionhereseemstrange.

           However,aboutamonthafterClydehadarrived,andprincipallybecauseGilbertseemedsocontenttosaynothingregardinghim,theelderGriffithsinquiredoneday:

           "Well,whataboutyourcousin?How’shedoingbynow?"AndGilbert,onlyalittleworriedastowhatthismightbode,replied,"Oh,he’sallright.Istartedhimoffintheshrinkingroom.Isthatallright?"

           "Yes,Ithinkso.That’sasgoodaplaceasanyforhimtobegin,Ibelieve.

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