Американская трагедия

Chapter 39

           Forinseveralconferencesfollowingthatinwhichshehadindicatedthatsheexpectedhimtomarryher,hehadreiterated,ifvaguely,aveiledthreatthatincasesheappealedtohisunclehewouldnotbecompelledtomarryher,afterall,forhecouldgoelsewhere.

           ThewayheputitwasthatunlessleftundisturbedinhispresentsituationhewouldbeinnopositiontomarryherandfurthermorecouldnotpossiblydoanythingtoaidheratthecomingtimewhenmostofallshewouldstandinneedofaidahintwhichcausedRobertatoreflectonahithertonotfullydevelopedveinofhardnessinClyde,althoughhadshebutsufficientlyreflected,ithadshownitselfatthetimethathecompelledhertoadmithimtoherroom.

           Inadditionandbecauseshewasdoingnothingandyethefearedthatatanymomentshemight,heshiftedinpartatleastfromtheattitudeofcompleteindifference,whichhadavailedhimuptothetimethatshehadthreatenedhim,tooneofatleastsimulatedinterestandgood-willandfriendship.Fortheveryprecariousconditioninwhichhefoundhimselfwassufficientlyterrifyingtoevokemorediplomacythaneverbeforehadcharacterizedhim.

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