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In
consequence
she
was
troubled
severely
as
to
how
to
manage
,
until
it
came
back
to
her
that
a
day
or
two
before
Mr.
Liggett
,
in
noting
how
rapid
and
efficient
she
was
,
had
observed
that
at
any
time
she
wanted
to
learn
one
phase
of
the
stitching
operations
going
on
in
the
next
room
,
he
would
have
her
taken
in
hand
by
Mrs.
Braley
,
who
would
teach
her
.
And
now
that
Clyde
's
invitation
and
this
church
affair
fell
on
the
same
night
,
she
decided
to
say
that
she
had
an
appointment
with
Mrs.
Braley
at
her
home
.
Only
,
as
she
also
decided
,
she
would
wait
until
just
before
dinner
Wednesday
and
then
say
that
Mrs.
Braley
had
invited
her
to
come
to
her
house
.
Then
she
could
see
Clyde
.
And
by
the
time
the
Newtons
and
Grace
returned
she
could
be
back
.
Oh
,
how
it
would
feel
to
have
him
talk
to
her
--
say
again
as
he
did
in
the
boat
that
he
never
had
seen
any
one
look
so
pretty
as
she
did
standing
on
the
bank
and
looking
for
water
lilies
.
Many
,
many
thoughts
--
vague
,
dreadful
,
colorful
,
came
to
her
--
how
and
where
they
might
go
--
be
--
do
--
from
now
on
,
if
only
she
could
arrange
to
be
friends
with
him
without
harm
to
her
or
him
.
If
need
be
,
she
now
decided
,
she
could
resign
from
the
factory
and
get
a
place
somewhere
else
--
a
change
which
would
absolve
Clyde
from
any
responsibility
in
regard
to
her
.
There
was
,
however
,
another
mental
as
well
as
emotional
phase
in
regard
to
all
this
and
that
related
to
her
clothes
.
For
since
coming
to
Lycurgus
she
had
learned
that
the
more
intelligent
girls
here
dressed
better
than
did
those
about
Biltz
and
Trippetts
Mills
.
At
the
same
time
she
had
been
sending
a
fair
portion
of
her
money
to
her
mother
--
sufficient
to
have
equipped
her
exceptionally
well
,
as
she
now
realized
,
had
she
retained
it
.
But
now
that
Clyde
was
swaying
her
so
greatly
she
was
troubled
about
her
looks
,
and
on
the
evening
after
her
conversation
with
him
at
the
mill
,
she
had
gone
through
her
small
wardrobe
,
fixing
upon
a
soft
blue
hat
which
Clyde
had
not
yet
seen
,
together
with
a
checkered
blue
and
white
flannel
skirt
and
a
pair
of
white
canvas
shoes
purchased
the
previous
summer
at
Biltz
.
Her
plan
was
to
wait
until
the
Newtons
and
Grace
had
departed
for
church
and
then
swiftly
dress
and
leave
.
At
eight-thirty
,
when
night
had
finally
fallen
,
she
went
east
along
Taylor
to
Central
Avenue
,
then
by
a
circuitous
route
made
her
way
west
again
to
the
trysting
place
.
And
Clyde
was
already
there
.
Against
an
old
wooden
fence
that
enclosed
a
five-acre
cornfield
,
he
was
leaning
and
looking
back
toward
the
interesting
little
city
,
the
lights
in
so
many
of
the
homes
of
which
were
aglow
through
the
trees
.
The
air
was
laden
with
spices
--
the
mingled
fragrance
of
many
grasses
and
flowers
.
There
was
a
light
wind
stirring
in
the
long
swords
of
the
corn
at
his
back
--
in
the
leaves
of
the
trees
overhead
.
And
there
were
stars
--
the
big
dipper
and
the
little
dipper
and
the
milky
way
--
sidereal
phenomena
which
his
mother
had
pointed
out
to
him
long
ago
.
And
he
was
thinking
how
different
was
his
position
here
to
what
it
had
been
in
Kansas
City
.
There
he
had
been
so
nervous
in
regard
to
Hortense
Briggs
or
any
girl
,
really
--
afraid
almost
to
say
a
word
to
any
of
them
.
Whereas
here
,
and
especially
since
he
had
had
charge
of
this
stamping
room
,
he
had
seemed
to
become
aware
of
the
fact
that
he
was
more
attractive
than
he
had
ever
thought
he
was
before
.
Also
that
the
girls
were
attracted
to
him
and
that
he
was
not
so
much
afraid
of
them
.
The
eyes
of
Roberta
herself
showed
him
this
day
how
much
she
was
drawn
to
him
.
She
was
his
girl
.
And
when
she
came
,
he
would
put
his
arms
around
her
and
kiss
her
.
And
she
would
not
be
able
to
resist
him
.
He
stood
listening
,
dreaming
and
watching
,
the
rustling
corn
behind
him
stirring
an
old
recollection
in
him
,
when
suddenly
he
saw
her
coming
.
She
looked
trim
and
brisk
and
yet
nervous
,
and
paused
at
the
street
end
and
looked
about
like
a
frightened
and
cautious
animal
.
At
once
Clyde
hurried
forward
toward
her
and
called
softly
:
"
Hello
.
Gee
,
it
's
nice
to
have
you
meet
me
.
Did
you
have
any
trouble
?
"
He
was
thinking
how
much
more
pleasing
she
was
than
either
Hortense
Briggs
or
Rita
Dickerman
,
the
one
so
calculating
,
the
other
so
sensually
free
and
indiscriminate
.
"
Did
I
have
any
trouble
?
Oh
,
did
n't
I
though
?
"
And
at
once
she
plunged
into
a
full
and
picturesque
account
,
not
only
of
the
mistake
in
regard
to
the
Newtons
'
church
night
and
her
engagement
with
them
,
but
of
a
determination
on
the
part
of
Grace
Marr
not
to
go
to
the
church
social
without
her
,
and
how
she
had
to
fib
,
oh
,
so
terribly
,
about
going
over
to
Mrs.
Braley
's
to
learn
to
stitch
--
a
Liggett
--
Roberta
development
of
which
Clyde
had
heard
nothing
so
far
and
concerning
which
he
was
intensely
curious
,
because
at
once
it
raised
the
thought
that
already
Liggett
might
be
intending
to
remove
her
from
under
his
care
.
He
proceeded
to
question
her
about
that
before
he
would
let
her
go
on
with
her
story
,
an
interest
which
Roberta
noticed
and
because
of
which
she
was
very
pleased
.
"
But
I
ca
n't
stay
very
long
,
you
know
,
"
she
explained
briskly
and
warmly
at
the
first
opportunity
,
the
while
Clyde
laid
hold
of
her
arm
and
turned
toward
the
river
,
which
was
to
the
north
and
untenanted
this
far
out
.
"
The
Baptist
Church
socials
never
last
much
beyond
ten-thirty
or
eleven
,
and
they
'll
be
back
soon
.
So
I
'll
have
to
manage
to
be
back
before
they
are
.
"
Then
she
gave
many
reasons
why
it
would
be
unwise
for
her
to
be
out
after
ten
,
reasons
which
annoyed
yet
convinced
Clyde
by
their
wisdom
.
He
had
been
hoping
to
keep
her
out
longer
.
But
seeing
that
the
time
was
to
be
brief
,
he
was
all
the
keener
for
a
closer
contact
with
her
now
,
and
fell
to
complimenting
her
on
her
pretty
hat
and
cape
and
how
becoming
they
were
.
At
once
he
tried
putting
his
arm
about
her
waist
,
but
feeling
this
to
be
a
too
swift
advance
she
removed
his
arm
,
or
tried
to
,
saying
in
the
softest
and
most
coaxing
voice
"
Now
,
now
--
that
's
not
nice
,
is
it
?
Ca
n't
you
just
hold
my
arm
or
let
me
hold
yours
?
"
But
he
noted
,
once
she
persuaded
him
to
disengage
her
waist
,
she
took
his
arm
in
a
clinging
,
snuggling
embrace
and
measured
her
stride
to
his
.
On
the
instant
he
was
thinking
how
natural
and
unaffected
her
manner
was
now
that
the
ice
between
them
had
been
broken
.
And
how
she
went
on
babbling
!
She
liked
Lycurgus
,
only
she
thought
it
was
the
most
religious
town
she
had
ever
been
in
--
worse
than
Biltz
or
Trippetts
Mills
that
way
.
