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But
having
settled
this
problem
in
her
son
's
favor
,
Mrs.
Griffiths
was
about
to
ask
after
his
sisters
and
brothers
,
when
they
were
interrupted
by
Samuel
Griffiths
who
now
approached
.
Measuring
Clyde
,
who
had
risen
,
very
sharply
once
more
,
and
finding
him
very
satisfactory
in
appearance
at
least
,
he
observed
:
"
Well
,
so
here
you
are
,
eh
?
They
've
placed
you
,
I
believe
,
without
my
ever
seeing
you
.
"
"
Yes
,
sir
,
"
replied
Clyde
,
very
deferentially
and
half
bowing
in
the
presence
of
so
great
a
man
.
"
Well
,
that
's
all
right
.
Sit
down
!
Sit
down
!
I
'm
very
glad
they
did
.
I
hear
you
're
working
down
in
the
shrinking
room
at
present
.
Not
exactly
a
pleasant
place
,
but
not
such
a
bad
place
to
begin
,
either
--
at
the
bottom
.
The
best
people
start
there
sometimes
.
"
He
smiled
and
added
:
"
I
was
out
of
the
city
when
you
came
on
or
I
would
have
seen
you
.
"
"
Yes
,
sir
,
"
replied
Clyde
,
who
had
not
ventured
to
seat
himself
again
until
Mr.
Griffiths
had
sunk
into
a
very
large
stuffed
chair
near
the
divan
.
And
the
latter
,
now
that
he
saw
Clyde
in
an
ordinary
tuxedo
with
a
smart
pleated
shirt
and
black
tie
,
as
opposed
to
the
club
uniform
in
which
he
had
last
seen
him
in
Chicago
,
was
inclined
to
think
him
even
more
attractive
than
before
--
not
quite
as
negligible
and
unimportant
as
his
son
Gilbert
had
made
out
.
Still
,
not
being
dead
to
the
need
of
force
and
energy
in
business
and
sensing
that
Clyde
was
undoubtedly
lacking
in
these
qualities
,
he
did
now
wish
that
Clyde
had
more
vigor
and
vim
in
him
.
It
would
reflect
more
handsomely
on
the
Griffiths
end
of
the
family
and
please
his
son
more
,
maybe
.
"
Like
it
where
you
are
now
?
"
he
observed
condescendingly
.
"
Well
,
yes
,
sir
,
that
is
,
I
would
n't
say
that
I
like
it
exactly
,
"
replied
Clyde
quite
honestly
.
"
But
I
do
n't
mind
it
.
It
's
as
good
as
any
other
way
to
begin
,
I
suppose
.
"
The
thought
in
his
mind
at
the
moment
was
that
he
would
like
to
impress
on
his
uncle
that
he
was
cut
out
for
something
better
.
And
the
fact
that
his
cousin
Gilbert
was
not
present
at
the
moment
gave
him
the
courage
to
say
it
.
"
Well
,
that
's
the
proper
spirit
,
"
commented
Samuel
Griffiths
,
pleased
.
"
It
is
n't
the
most
pleasant
part
of
the
process
,
I
will
admit
,
but
it
's
one
of
the
most
essential
things
to
know
,
to
begin
with
.
And
it
takes
a
little
time
,
of
course
,
to
get
anywhere
in
any
business
these
days
.
"
From
this
Clyde
wondered
how
long
he
was
to
be
left
in
that
dim
world
below
stairs
.
But
while
he
was
thinking
this
Myra
came
forward
,
curious
about
him
and
what
he
would
be
like
,
and
very
pleased
to
see
that
he
was
not
as
uninteresting
as
Gilbert
had
painted
him
.
There
was
something
,
as
she
now
saw
,
about
Clyde
's
eyes
--
nervous
and
somewhat
furtive
and
appealing
or
seeking
--
that
at
once
interested
her
,
and
reminded
her
,
perhaps
,
since
she
was
not
much
of
a
success
socially
either
,
of
something
in
herself
.
