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"
He
worked
down
in
the
shrinking
room
before
he
came
up
here
.
He
was
just
working
by
the
day
,
I
guess
.
But
he
only
came
on
here
a
little
while
ago
to
learn
the
business
.
Maybe
he
wo
n't
work
in
here
much
longer
.
"
Roberta
was
suddenly
troubled
by
this
last
remark
.
She
had
not
been
thinking
,
or
so
she
had
been
trying
to
tell
herself
,
of
Clyde
in
any
romantic
way
,
and
yet
the
thought
that
he
might
suddenly
go
at
any
moment
,
never
to
be
seen
by
her
any
more
,
disturbed
her
now
.
He
was
so
youthful
,
so
brisk
,
so
attractive
.
And
so
interested
in
her
,
too
.
Yes
,
that
was
plain
.
It
was
wrong
to
think
that
he
would
be
interested
in
her
--
or
to
try
to
attract
him
by
any
least
gesture
of
hers
,
since
he
was
so
important
a
person
here
--
far
above
her
.
For
,
true
to
her
complex
,
the
moment
she
heard
that
Clyde
was
so
highly
connected
and
might
even
have
money
,
she
was
not
so
sure
that
he
could
have
any
legitimate
interest
in
her
.
For
was
she
not
a
poor
working
girl
?
And
was
he
not
a
very
rich
man
's
nephew
?
He
would
not
marry
her
,
of
course
.
And
what
other
legitimate
thing
would
he
want
with
her
?
She
must
be
on
her
guard
in
regard
to
him
.
The
thoughts
of
Clyde
at
this
time
in
regard
to
Roberta
and
his
general
situation
in
Lycurgus
were
for
the
most
part
confused
and
disturbing
.
For
had
not
Gilbert
warned
him
against
associating
with
the
help
here
?
On
the
other
hand
,
in
so
far
as
his
actual
daily
life
was
concerned
,
his
condition
was
socially
the
same
as
before
.
Apart
from
the
fact
that
his
move
to
Mrs.
Peyton
's
had
taken
him
into
a
better
street
and
neighborhood
,
he
was
really
not
so
well
off
as
he
had
been
at
Mrs.
Cuppy
's
.
For
there
at
least
he
had
been
in
touch
with
those
young
people
who
would
have
been
diverting
enough
had
he
felt
that
it
would
have
been
wise
to
indulge
them
.
But
now
,
aside
from
a
bachelor
brother
who
was
as
old
as
Mrs.
Peyton
herself
,
and
a
son
thirty
--
slim
and
reserved
,
who
was
connected
with
one
of
the
Lycurgus
banks
--
he
saw
no
one
who
could
or
would
trouble
to
entertain
him
.
Like
the
others
with
whom
he
came
in
contact
,
they
thought
him
possessed
of
relationships
which
would
make
it
unnecessary
and
even
a
bit
presumptuous
for
them
to
suggest
ways
and
means
of
entertaining
him
.
On
the
other
hand
,
while
Roberta
was
not
of
that
high
world
to
which
he
now
aspired
,
still
there
was
that
about
her
which
enticed
him
beyond
measure
.
Day
after
day
and
because
so
much
alone
,
and
furthermore
because
of
so
strong
a
chemic
or
temperamental
pull
that
was
so
definitely
asserting
itself
,
he
could
no
longer
keep
his
eyes
off
her
--
or
she
hers
from
him
.
There
were
evasive
and
yet
strained
and
feverish
eye-flashes
between
them
.
And
after
one
such
in
his
case
--
a
quick
and
furtive
glance
on
her
part
at
times
--
by
no
means
intended
to
be
seen
by
him
,
he
found
himself
weak
and
then
feverish
.
Her
pretty
mouth
,
her
lovely
big
eyes
,
her
radiant
and
yet
so
often
shy
and
evasive
smile
.
And
,
oh
,
she
had
such
pretty
arms
--
such
a
trim
,
lithe
,
sentient
,
quick
figure
and
movements
.
If
he
only
dared
be
friendly
with
her
--
venture
to
talk
with
and
then
see
her
somewhere
afterwards
--
if
she
only
would
and
if
he
only
dared
.
Confusion
.
Aspiration
.
Hours
of
burning
and
yearning
.
For
indeed
he
was
not
only
puzzled
but
irritated
by
the
anomalous
and
paradoxical
contrasts
which
his
life
here
presented
--
loneliness
and
wistfulness
as
against
the
fact
that
it
was
being
generally
assumed
by
such
as
knew
him
that
he
was
rather
pleasantly
and
interestingly
employed
socially
.
Therefore
in
order
to
enjoy
himself
in
some
way
befitting
his
present
rank
,
and
to
keep
out
of
the
sight
of
those
who
were
imagining
that
he
was
being
so
much
more
handsomely
entertained
than
he
was
,
he
had
been
more
recently
,
on
Saturday
afternoons
and
Sundays
,
making
idle
sightseeing
trips
to
Gloversville
,
Fonda
,
Amsterdam
and
other
places
,
as
well
as
Gray
and
Crum
Lakes
,
where
there
were
boats
,
beaches
and
bathhouses
,
with
bathing
suits
for
rent
.
And
there
,
because
he
was
always
thinking
that
if
by
chance
he
should
be
taken
up
by
the
Griffiths
,
he
would
need
as
many
social
accomplishments
as
possible
,
and
by
reason
of
encountering
a
man
who
took
a
fancy
to
him
and
who
could
both
swim
and
dive
,
he
learned
to
do
both
exceedingly
well
.
But
canoeing
fascinated
him
really
.
He
was
pleased
by
the
picturesque
and
summery
appearance
he
made
in
an
outing
shirt
and
canvas
shoes
paddling
about
Crum
Lake
in
one
of
the
bright
red
or
green
or
blue
canoes
that
were
leased
by
the
hour
.
And
at
such
times
these
summer
scenes
appeared
to
possess
an
airy
,
fairy
quality
,
especially
with
a
summer
cloud
or
two
hanging
high
above
in
the
blue
.
And
so
his
mind
indulged
itself
in
day
dreams
as
to
how
it
would
feel
to
be
a
member
of
one
of
the
wealthy
groups
that
frequented
the
more
noted
resorts
of
the
north
--
Racquette
Lake
--
Schroon
Lake
--
Lake
George
and
Champlain
--
dance
,
golf
,
tennis
,
canoe
with
those
who
could
afford
to
go
to
such
places
--
the
rich
of
Lycurgus
.
But
it
was
about
this
time
that
Roberta
with
her
friend
Grace
found
Crum
Lake
and
had
decided
on
it
,
with
the
approval
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Newton
,
as
one
of
the
best
and
most
reserved
of
all
the
smaller
watering
places
about
here
.
And
so
it
was
that
they
,
too
,
were
already
given
to
riding
out
to
the
pavilion
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday
afternoon
,
and
once
there
following
the
west
shore
along
which
ran
a
well-worn
footpath
which
led
to
clumps
of
trees
,
underneath
which
they
sat
and
looked
at
the
water
,
for
neither
could
row
a
boat
or
swim
.
