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She
half
rose
as
if
to
open
the
door
for
him
,
but
Clyde
,
sensing
the
intent
,
brushed
by
her
.
"
That
's
all
right
.
Thanks
,
"
he
said
most
warmly
,
and
opening
the
glass-plated
door
he
gazed
upon
a
room
housing
many
over
a
hundred
employees
--
chiefly
young
men
and
young
women
.
And
all
were
apparently
intent
on
their
duties
before
them
.
Most
of
them
had
green
shades
over
their
eyes
.
Quite
all
of
them
had
on
short
alpaca
office
coats
or
sleeve
protectors
over
their
shirt
sleeves
.
Nearly
all
of
the
young
women
wore
clean
and
attractive
gingham
dresses
or
office
slips
.
And
all
about
this
central
space
,
which
was
partitionless
and
supported
by
round
white
columns
,
were
offices
labeled
with
the
names
of
the
various
minor
officials
and
executives
of
the
company
--
Mr.
Smillie
,
Mr.
Latch
,
Mr.
Gotboy
,
Mr.
Burkey
.
Since
the
telephone
girl
had
said
that
Mr.
Gilbert
Griffiths
was
at
the
extreme
rear
,
Clyde
,
without
much
hesitation
,
made
his
way
along
the
railed-off
aisle
to
that
quarter
,
where
upon
a
half-open
door
he
read
:
"
Mr.
Gilbert
Griffiths
,
Sec
'
y.
"
He
paused
,
uncertain
whether
to
walk
in
or
not
,
and
then
proceeded
to
tap
.
At
once
a
sharp
,
penetrating
voice
called
:
"
Come
,
"
and
he
entered
and
faced
a
youth
who
looked
,
if
anything
,
smaller
and
a
little
older
and
certainly
much
colder
and
shrewder
than
himself
--
such
a
youth
,
in
short
,
as
Clyde
would
have
liked
to
imagine
himself
to
be
--
trained
in
an
executive
sense
,
apparently
authoritative
and
efficient
.
He
was
dressed
,
as
Clyde
noted
at
once
,
in
a
bright
gray
suit
of
a
very
pronounced
pattern
,
for
it
was
once
more
approaching
spring
.
His
hair
,
of
a
lighter
shade
than
Clyde
's
,
was
brushed
and
glazed
most
smoothly
back
from
his
temples
and
forehead
,
and
his
eyes
,
which
Clyde
,
from
the
moment
he
had
opened
the
door
had
felt
drilling
him
,
were
of
a
clear
,
liquid
,
grayish
-
green
blue
.
He
had
on
a
pair
of
large
horn-rimmed
glasses
which
he
wore
at
his
desk
only
,
and
the
eyes
that
peered
through
them
went
over
Clyde
swiftly
and
notatively
,
from
his
shoes
to
the
round
brown
felt
hat
which
he
carried
in
his
hand
.
"
You
're
my
cousin
,
I
believe
,
"
he
commented
,
rather
icily
,
as
Clyde
came
forward
and
stopped
--
a
thin
and
certainly
not
very
favorable
smile
playing
about
his
lips
.
"
Yes
,
I
am
,
"
replied
Clyde
,
reduced
and
confused
by
this
calm
and
rather
freezing
reception
.
On
the
instant
,
as
he
now
saw
,
he
could
not
possibly
have
the
same
regard
and
esteem
for
this
cousin
,
as
he
could
and
did
have
for
his
uncle
,
whose
very
great
ability
had
erected
this
important
industry
.
Rather
,
deep
down
in
himself
he
felt
that
this
young
man
,
an
heir
and
nothing
more
to
this
great
industry
,
was
taking
to
himself
airs
and
superiorities
which
,
but
for
his
father
's
skill
before
him
,
would
not
have
been
possible
.
At
the
same
time
so
groundless
and
insignificant
were
his
claims
to
any
consideration
here
,
and
so
grateful
was
he
for
anything
that
might
be
done
for
him
,
that
he
felt
heavily
obligated
already
and
tried
to
smile
his
best
and
most
ingratiating
smile
.
Yet
Gilbert
Griffiths
at
once
appeared
to
take
this
as
a
bit
of
presumption
which
ought
not
to
be
tolerated
in
a
mere
cousin
,
and
particularly
one
who
was
seeking
a
favor
of
him
and
his
father
.
However
,
since
his
father
had
troubled
to
interest
himself
in
him
and
had
given
him
no
alternative
,
he
continued
his
wry
smile
and
mental
examination
,
the
while
he
said
:
"
We
thought
you
would
be
showing
up
to-day
or
to-morrow
.
Did
you
have
a
pleasant
trip
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
,
very
,
"
replied
Clyde
,
a
little
confused
by
this
inquiry
.
"
So
you
think
you
'd
like
to
learn
something
about
the
manufacture
of
collars
,
do
you
?
"
Tone
and
manner
were
infiltrated
by
the
utmost
condescension
.
"
I
would
certainly
like
to
learn
something
that
would
give
me
a
chance
to
work
up
,
have
some
future
in
it
,
"
replied
Clyde
,
genially
and
with
a
desire
to
placate
his
young
cousin
as
much
as
possible
.
