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TO
THE
GREAT
ADVENTURE
The
train
slowed
up
with
midsummer
languor
at
Lake
Geneva
,
and
Amory
caught
sight
of
his
mother
waiting
in
her
electric
on
the
gravelled
station
drive
.
It
was
an
ancient
electric
,
one
of
the
early
types
,
and
painted
gray
.
The
sight
of
her
sitting
there
,
slenderly
erect
,
and
of
her
face
,
where
beauty
and
dignity
combined
,
melting
to
a
dreamy
recollected
smile
,
filled
him
with
a
sudden
great
pride
of
her
.
As
they
kissed
coolly
and
he
stepped
into
the
electric
,
he
felt
a
quick
fear
lest
he
had
lost
the
requisite
charm
to
measure
up
to
her
.
"
Dear
boy
--
you
're
so
tall
...
look
behind
and
see
if
there
's
anything
coming
...
"
She
looked
left
and
right
,
she
slipped
cautiously
into
a
speed
of
two
miles
an
hour
,
beseeching
Amory
to
act
as
sentinel
;
and
at
one
busy
crossing
she
made
him
get
out
and
run
ahead
to
signal
her
forward
like
a
traffic
policeman
.
Beatrice
was
what
might
be
termed
a
careful
driver
.
"
You
are
tall
--
but
you
're
still
very
handsome
--
you
've
skipped
the
awkward
age
,
or
is
that
sixteen
;
perhaps
it
's
fourteen
or
fifteen
;
I
can
never
remember
;
but
you
've
skipped
it
.
"
"
Do
n't
embarrass
me
,
"
murmured
Amory
.
"
But
,
my
dear
boy
,
what
odd
clothes
!
They
look
as
if
they
were
a
set
--
do
n't
they
?
Is
your
underwear
purple
,
too
?
"
Amory
grunted
impolitely
.
"
You
must
go
to
Brooks
'
and
get
some
really
nice
suits
.
Oh
,
we
'll
have
a
talk
to-night
or
perhaps
to-morrow
night
.
I
want
to
tell
you
about
your
heart
--
you
've
probably
been
neglecting
your
heart
--
and
you
do
n't
know
.
"
Amory
thought
how
superficial
was
the
recent
overlay
of
his
own
generation
.
Aside
from
a
minute
shyness
,
he
felt
that
the
old
cynical
kinship
with
his
mother
had
not
been
one
bit
broken
.
Yet
for
the
first
few
days
he
wandered
about
the
gardens
and
along
the
shore
in
a
state
of
superloneliness
,
finding
a
lethargic
content
in
smoking
"
Bull
"
at
the
garage
with
one
of
the
chauffeurs
.
