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CODE
OF
THE
YOUNG
EGOTIST
Before
he
was
summoned
back
to
Lake
Geneva
,
he
had
appeared
,
shy
but
inwardly
glowing
,
in
his
first
long
trousers
,
set
off
by
a
purple
accordion
tie
and
a
"
Belmont
"
collar
with
the
edges
unassailably
meeting
,
purple
socks
,
and
handkerchief
with
a
purple
border
peeping
from
his
breast
pocket
.
But
more
than
that
,
he
had
formulated
his
first
philosophy
,
a
code
to
live
by
,
which
,
as
near
as
it
can
be
named
,
was
a
sort
of
aristocratic
egotism
.
He
had
realized
that
his
best
interests
were
bound
up
with
those
of
a
certain
variant
,
changing
person
,
whose
label
,
in
order
that
his
past
might
always
be
identified
with
him
,
was
Amory
Blaine
.
Amory
marked
himself
a
fortunate
youth
,
capable
of
infinite
expansion
for
good
or
evil
.
He
did
not
consider
himself
a
"
strong
char
'
c
'
ter
,
"
but
relied
on
his
facility
(
learn
things
sorta
quick
)
and
his
superior
mentality
(
read
a
lotta
deep
books
)
.
He
was
proud
of
the
fact
that
he
could
never
become
a
mechanical
or
scientific
genius
.
From
no
other
heights
was
he
debarred
.
Physically
.
--
Amory
thought
that
he
was
exceedingly
handsome
.
He
was
.
He
fancied
himself
an
athlete
of
possibilities
and
a
supple
dancer
.
Socially
.
--
Here
his
condition
was
,
perhaps
,
most
dangerous
.
He
granted
himself
personality
,
charm
,
magnetism
,
poise
,
the
power
of
dominating
all
contemporary
males
,
the
gift
of
fascinating
all
women
.
Mentally
.
--
Complete
,
unquestioned
superiority
.
Now
a
confession
will
have
to
be
made
.
Amory
had
rather
a
Puritan
conscience
.
Not
that
he
yielded
to
it
--
later
in
life
he
almost
completely
slew
it
--
but
at
fifteen
it
made
him
consider
himself
a
great
deal
worse
than
other
boys
...
unscrupulousness
...
the
desire
to
influence
people
in
almost
every
way
,
even
for
evil
...
a
certain
coldness
and
lack
of
affection
,
amounting
sometimes
to
cruelty
...
a
shifting
sense
of
honor
...
an
unholy
selfishness
...
a
puzzled
,
furtive
interest
in
everything
concerning
sex
.
There
was
,
also
,
a
curious
strain
of
weakness
running
crosswise
through
his
make-up
...
a
harsh
phrase
from
the
lips
of
an
older
boy
(
older
boys
usually
detested
him
)
was
liable
to
sweep
him
off
his
poise
into
surly
sensitiveness
,
or
timid
stupidity
...
he
was
a
slave
to
his
own
moods
and
he
felt
that
though
he
was
capable
of
recklessness
and
audacity
,
he
possessed
neither
courage
,
perseverance
,
nor
self-respect
.
Vanity
,
tempered
with
self-suspicion
if
not
self-knowledge
,
a
sense
of
people
as
automatons
to
his
will
,
a
desire
to
"
pass
"
as
many
boys
as
possible
and
get
to
a
vague
top
of
the
world
...
with
this
background
did
Amory
drift
into
adolescence
.
