Американская трагедия

Chapter 43

           AndwoulditnotbewonderfulifshecouldrunawaywithhimnowsecretlytoCanadaorNewYorkorBoston,oranywhere?TheexcitementherelopementwouldcreatehereandelsewhereinLycurgus,Albany,Utica!Thetalkandfeelinginherownfamilyaswellaselsewhere!AndGilbertwouldberelatedtoherinspiteofhimandtheGriffiths,too,whomhermotherandfathersomuchadmired.

           Foramomenttherewaswritteninhereyesthedesireandthedeterminationalmost,todoashesuggestedrunawaymakeagreatlarkofthis,herintenseandtruelove.For,oncemarried,whatcouldherparentsdo?AndwasnotClydeworthyofherandthem,too?Ofcourseeventhoughnearlyallinhersetfanciedthathewasnotquiteallheshouldbe,justbecausehedidn’thaveasmuchmoneyastheyhad.Buthewouldhavewouldhenotafterhewasmarriedtoherandgetasgoodaplaceinherfather’sbusinessasGilGriffithshadinhisfather’s?

           Yetamomentlater,thinkingofherlifehereandwhathergoingoffinsuchawaywouldmeantoherfatherandmotherjustthenintheverybeginningofthesummerseasonaswellashowitwoulddisruptherownplansandcausehermothertofeelespeciallyangry,andperhapseventobringaboutthedissolutionofthemarriageonthegroundthatshewasnotofage,shepausedthatgaylightofadventurereplacedbyamarkedtraceofthepracticalandthematerialthatsopersistentlycharacterizedher.

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