Американская трагедия

Chapter 9

           Aboutthesetheyarrangedthemselves,ClydewithRattererandHigbyoccupyingthewallseat;Hegglund,KinsellaandShielsittingopposite.

           "Now,meforagoodoldManhattan,tobeginwit’,"exclaimedHegglundavidly,lookingaboutonthecrowdintheroomandfeelingthatnowindeedhewasaperson.Ofareddish-tanhue,hiseyeskeenandblue,hisreddish-brownhairbrushedstraightupfromhisforehead,heseemednotunlikealargeandoverzealousrooster.

           Andsimilarly,ArthurKinsella,oncehewasinhere,seemedtoperkupandtakeheartofhispresentglory.Inasortofostentatiousway,hedrewbackhiscoatsleeves,seizedabilloffare,andscanningthedrink-listontheback,exclaimed:"Well,adryMartiniisgoodenoughforastart."

           "Well,I’mgoingtobeginwithaScotchandsoda,"observedPaulShiel,solemnly,examiningatthesametimethemeatorders.

           "Noneofyourcocktailsformeto-night,"insistedRatterer,genially,butwithanoteofreserveinhisvoice."IsaidIwasntgoingtodrinkmuchto-night,andI’mnot.IthinkaglassofRhinewineandseltzerwillbeaboutmyspeed."

           "Fordeloveo’Mike,willyoulistentodat,now,"exclaimedHegglund,deprecatingly."He’sgoin’tobeginonRhinewine.AndhimdatlikesManhattansalways.What’sgettin’intoyouallofasudden,Tommy?It’oughtyousaidyouwantedagoodtimeto-night.

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