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Chapter 38

           Shemightevenfeelprivilegedtogotohisunclehiscousin(hecouldseeGilbert’scoldeyes)andexposehim!Andthendestruction!Ruin!TheendofallhisdreamsinconnectionwithSondraandeverythingelsehere.Butallhecouldthinkofsayingnowwas:"ButIcan’tdothis,Bert,notnow,anyway,"aremarkwhichatoncecausedRobertatoassumethattheideaofmarriage,asshehadinterjectedithere,wasnotonewhich,underthecircumstances,hehadthecouragetoopposehissaying,"notnow,anyway."Yetevenasshewasthinkingthis,hewentswiftlyonwith:"BesidesIdon’twanttogetmarriedsosoon.Itmeanstoomuchtomeatthistime.InthefirstplaceI’mnotoldenoughandIhaven’tgotanythingtogetmarriedon.AndIcan’tleavehere.Icouldn’tdohalfaswellanywhereelse.Youdon’trealizewhatthischancemeanstome.Myfather’sallright,buthecouldn’tdowhatmyunclecouldandhewouldn’t.Youdon’tknoworyouwouldn’taskmetodothis."

           Hepaused,hisfaceapictureofpuzzledfearandopposition.Hewasnotunlikeaharriedanimal,deftlypursuedbyhunterandhound.ButRoberta,imaginingthathistotaldefectionhadbeencausedbythesocialsideofLycurgusasopposedtoherownlowstateandnotbecauseofthesuperiorlureofanyparticulargirl,nowretortedresentfully,althoughshedesirednottoappearso:"Oh,yes,Iknowwellenoughwhyyoucan’tleave.Itisn’tyourpositionhere,though,halfasmuchasitisthosesocietypeopleyouarealwaysrunningaroundwith.

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