Chapter 13

           ThereasonswhyagirlofRoberta’stypeshouldbeseekingemploymentwithGriffithsandCompanyatthistimeandinthiscapacityareofsomepoint.For,somewhatafterthefashionofClydeinrelationtohisfamilyandhislife,shetooconsideredherlifeagreatdisappointment.ShewasthedaughterofTitusAlden,afarmerofnearBiltz,asmalltowninMimicoCounty,somefiftymilesnorth.Andfromheryouthupshehadseenlittlebutpoverty.HerfathertheyoungestofthreesonsofEphraimAlden,afarmerinthisregionbeforehimwassounsuccessfulthatatforty-eighthewasstilllivinginahousewhich,thougholdandmuchinneedofrepairatthetimehisfatherwilledittohim,wasnowborderinguponastateofdilapidation.Thehouseitself,whileprimarilyacharmingexampleofthatexcellenttastewhichproducedthosedelightfulgabledhomeswhichembellishtheaverageNewEnglandtownandstreet,hadbeenbynowsoreducedforwantofpaint,shingles,andcertainflagswhichhadoncemadeawindingwalkfromaroadgatetothefrontdoor,thatitpresentedadecidedlymelancholyaspecttotheworld,asthoughitmightbecoughingandsaying:"Well,thingsarenonetoosatisfactorywithme."

           Theinteriorofthehousecorrespondedwiththeexterior.Thefloorboardsandstairboardswerelooseandcreakedmosteerilyattimes.Someofthewindowshadshadessomedidnot.

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