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The
days
that
followed
were
diverting
and
yet
troublesome
enough
to
Clyde
,
who
to
begin
with
was
puzzled
and
disturbed
at
times
by
the
peculiar
social
and
workaday
worlds
and
position
in
which
he
found
himself
.
For
one
thing
,
those
by
whom
now
he
found
himself
immediately
surrounded
at
the
factory
were
not
such
individuals
as
he
would
ordinarily
select
for
companions
--
far
below
bell-boys
or
drivers
or
clerks
anywhere
.
They
were
,
one
and
all
,
as
he
could
now
clearly
see
,
meaty
or
stodgy
mentally
and
physically
.
They
wore
such
clothes
as
only
the
most
common
laborers
would
wear
--
such
clothes
as
are
usually
worn
by
those
who
count
their
personal
appearance
among
the
least
of
their
troubles
--
their
work
and
their
heavy
material
existence
being
all
.
In
addition
,
not
knowing
just
what
Clyde
was
,
or
what
his
coming
might
mean
to
their
separate
and
individual
positions
,
they
were
inclined
to
be
dubious
and
suspicious
.
After
a
week
or
two
,
however
,
coming
to
understand
that
Clyde
was
a
nephew
of
the
president
,
a
cousin
of
the
secretary
of
the
company
,
and
hence
not
likely
to
remain
here
long
in
any
menial
capacity
,
they
grew
more
friendly
,
but
inclined
in
the
face
of
the
sense
of
subserviency
which
this
inspired
in
them
,
to
become
jealous
and
suspicious
of
him
in
another
way
.
For
,
after
all
,
Clyde
was
not
one
of
them
,
and
under
such
circumstances
could
not
be
.
He
might
smile
and
be
civil
enough
--
yet
he
would
always
be
in
touch
with
those
who
were
above
them
,
would
he
not
--
or
so
they
thought
.
He
was
,
as
they
saw
it
,
part
of
the
rich
and
superior
class
and
every
poor
man
knew
what
that
meant
.
The
poor
must
stand
together
everywhere
.
For
his
part
,
however
,
and
sitting
about
for
the
first
few
days
in
this
particular
room
eating
his
lunch
,
he
wondered
how
these
men
could
interest
themselves
in
what
were
to
him
such
dull
and
uninteresting
items
--
the
quality
of
the
cloth
that
was
coming
down
in
the
webs
--
some
minute
flaws
in
the
matter
of
weight
or
weave
--
the
last
twenty
webs
had
n't
looked
so
closely
shrunk
as
the
preceding
sixteen
;
or
the
Cranston
Wickwire
Company
was
not
carrying
as
many
men
as
it
had
the
month
before
--
or
the
Anthony
Woodenware
Company
had
posted
a
notice
that
the
Saturday
half
-
holiday
would
not
begin
before
June
first
this
year
as
opposed
to
the
middle
of
May
last
year
.
They
all
appeared
to
be
lost
in
the
humdrum
and
routine
of
their
work
.
In
consequence
his
mind
went
back
to
happier
scenes
.
He
wished
at
times
he
were
back
in
Chicago
or
Kansas
City
.
He
though
of
Ratterer
,
Hegglund
,
Higby
,
Louise
Ratterer
,
Larry
Doyle
,
Mr.
Squires
,
Hortense
--
all
of
the
young
and
thoughtless
company
of
which
he
had
been
a
part
,
and
wondered
what
they
were
doing
.
What
had
become
of
Hortense
?
She
had
got
that
fur
coat
after
all
--
probably
from
that
cigar
clerk
and
then
had
gone
away
with
him
after
she
had
protested
so
much
feeling
for
him
--
the
little
beast
.
After
she
had
gotten
all
that
money
out
of
him
.
The
mere
thought
of
her
and
all
that
she
might
have
meant
to
him
if
things
had
not
turned
as
they
had
,
made
him
a
little
sick
at
times
To
whom
was
she
being
nice
now
?
How
had
she
found
things
since
leaving
Kansas
City
?
And
what
would
she
think
if
she
saw
him
here
now
or
knew
of
his
present
high
connections
?
Gee
!
That
would
cool
her
a
little
.
But
she
would
not
think
much
of
his
present
position
.
That
was
true
.
But
she
might
respect
him
more
if
she
could
see
his
uncle
and
his
cousin
and
this
factory
and
their
big
house
.
It
would
be
like
her
then
to
try
to
be
nice
to
him
.
Well
,
he
would
show
her
,
if
he
ever
ran
into
her
again
--
snub
her
,
of
course
,
as
no
doubt
he
very
well
could
by
then
.
In
so
far
as
his
life
at
Mrs.
Cuppy
's
went
,
he
was
not
so
very
happily
placed
there
,
either
.
For
that
was
but
a
commonplace
rooming
and
boarding
house
,
which
drew
to
it
,
at
best
,
such
conservative
mill
and
business
types
as
looked
on
work
and
their
wages
,
and
the
notions
of
the
middle
class
religious
world
of
Lycurgus
as
most
essential
to
the
order
and
well
being
of
the
world
.
From
the
point
of
view
of
entertainment
or
gayety
,
it
was
in
the
main
a
very
dull
place
.
At
the
same
time
,
because
of
the
presence
of
one
Walter
Dillard
--
a
brainless
sprig
who
had
recently
come
here
from
Fonda
,
it
was
not
wholly
devoid
of
interest
for
Clyde
.
The
latter
--
a
youth
of
about
Clyde
's
own
age
and
equally
ambitious
socially
--
but
without
Clyde
's
tact
or
discrimination
anent
the
governing
facts
of
life
,
was
connected
with
the
men
's
furnishing
department
of
Stark
and
Company
.
He
was
spry
,
avid
,
attractive
enough
physically
,
with
very
light
hair
,
a
very
light
and
feeble
mustache
,
and
the
delicate
airs
and
ways
of
a
small
town
Beau
Brummell
.
Never
having
had
any
social
standing
or
the
use
of
any
means
whatsoever
--
his
father
having
been
a
small
town
dry
goods
merchant
before
him
,
who
had
failed
--
he
was
,
because
of
some
atavistic
spur
or
fillip
in
his
own
blood
,
most
anxious
to
attain
some
sort
of
social
position
.
But
failing
that
so
far
,
he
was
interested
in
and
envious
of
those
who
had
it
--
much
more
so
than
Clyde
,
even
.
The
glory
and
activity
of
the
leading
families
of
this
particular
city
had
enormous
weight
with
him
--
the
Nicholsons
,
the
Starks
,
the
Harriets
,
Griffiths
,
Finchleys
,
et
cetera
.
And
learning
a
few
days
after
Clyde
's
arrival
of
his
somewhat
left-handed
connection
with
this
world
,
he
was
most
definitely
interested
.
What
?
A
Griffiths
!
The
nephew
of
the
rich
Samuel
Griffiths
of
Lycurgus
!
And
in
this
boarding
house
!
Beside
him
at
this
table
!
At
once
his
interest
rose
to
where
he
decided
that
he
must
cultivate
this
stranger
as
speedily
as
possible
.
Here
was
a
real
social
opportunity
knocking
at
his
very
door
--
a
connecting
link
to
one
of
the
very
best
families
!
And
besides
was
he
not
young
,
attractive
and
probably
ambitious
like
himself
--
a
fellow
to
play
around
with
if
one
could
?
He
proceeded
at
once
to
make
overtures
to
Clyde
.
It
seemed
almost
too
good
to
be
true
.
