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So
it
was
that
at
moments
and
in
his
darker
moods
,
and
especially
after
she
had
abandoned
herself
to
him
,
his
thoughts
ran
.
She
was
not
of
his
station
,
really
--
at
least
not
of
that
of
the
Griffiths
to
which
still
he
most
eagerly
aspired
Yet
at
the
same
time
,
whatever
the
mood
generated
by
such
items
as
he
read
in
The
Star
,
he
would
still
return
to
Roberta
,
picturing
her
,
since
the
other
mood
which
had
drawn
him
to
her
had
by
no
means
palled
as
yet
,
as
delightful
,
precious
,
exceedingly
worthwhile
from
the
point
of
view
of
beauty
,
pleasure
,
sweetness
--
the
attributes
and
charms
which
best
identify
any
object
of
delight
.
But
the
Griffiths
and
their
friends
having
returned
to
the
city
,
and
Lycurgus
once
more
taken
on
that
brisk
,
industrial
and
social
mood
which
invariably
characterized
it
for
at
least
seven
months
in
the
year
,
he
was
again
,
and
even
more
vigorously
than
before
,
intrigued
by
it
.
The
beauty
of
the
various
houses
along
Wykeagy
Avenue
and
its
immediate
tributaries
!
The
unusual
and
intriguing
sense
of
movement
and
life
there
so
much
in
evidence
.
Oh
,
if
he
were
but
of
it
!
And
then
,
one
November
evening
as
Clyde
was
walking
along
Wykeagy
Avenue
,
just
west
of
Central
,
a
portion
of
the
locally
celebrated
avenue
which
,
ever
since
he
had
moved
to
Mrs.
Peyton
's
he
was
accustomed
to
traverse
to
and
from
his
work
,
one
thing
did
occur
which
in
so
far
as
he
and
the
Griffiths
were
concerned
was
destined
to
bring
about
a
chain
of
events
which
none
of
them
could
possibly
have
foreseen
.
At
the
time
there
was
in
his
heart
and
mind
that
singing
which
is
the
inheritance
of
youth
and
ambition
and
which
the
dying
of
the
old
year
,
instead
of
depressing
,
seemed
but
to
emphasize
.
He
had
a
good
position
.
He
was
respected
here
.
Over
and
above
his
room
and
board
he
had
not
less
than
fifteen
dollars
a
week
to
spend
on
himself
and
Roberta
,
an
income
which
,
while
it
did
not
parallel
that
which
had
been
derived
from
the
Green
--
Davidson
or
the
Union
League
,
was
still
not
so
involved
with
family
miseries
in
the
one
place
or
personal
loneliness
in
the
other
.
And
he
had
Roberta
secretly
devoted
to
him
.
And
the
Griffiths
,
thank
goodness
,
did
not
and
should
not
know
anything
of
that
,
though
just
how
in
case
of
a
difficulty
it
was
to
be
avoided
,
he
was
not
even
troubling
to
think
.
His
was
a
disposition
which
did
not
tend
to
load
itself
with
more
than
the
most
immediate
cares
.
And
although
the
Griffiths
and
their
friends
had
not
chosen
to
recognize
him
socially
,
still
more
and
more
all
others
who
were
not
connected
with
local
society
and
who
knew
of
him
,
did
.
Only
this
very
day
,
because
the
spring
before
he
had
been
made
a
room-chief
,
perhaps
,
and
Samuel
Griffiths
had
recently
paused
and
talked
with
him
,
no
less
an
important
personage
than
Mr.
Rudolph
Smillie
,
one
of
the
several
active
vice-presidents
,
had
asked
him
most
cordially
and
casually
whether
he
played
golf
,
and
if
so
,
when
spring
came
again
,
whether
he
might
not
be
interested
to
join
the
Amoskeag
,
one
of
the
two
really
important
golf
clubs
within
a
half
dozen
miles
of
the
city
.
Now
,
what
could
that
mean
,
if
not
that
Mr.
Smillie
was
beginning
to
see
him
as
a
social
possibility
,
and
that
he
as
well
as
many
others
about
the
factory
,
were
becoming
aware
of
him
as
some
one
who
was
of
some
importance
to
the
Griffiths
,
if
not
the
factory
.
This
thought
,
together
with
one
other
--
that
once
more
after
dinner
he
was
to
see
Roberta
and
in
her
room
as
early
as
eleven
o'clock
or
even
earlier
--
cheered
him
and
caused
him
to
step
along
most
briskly
and
gayly
.
For
,
since
having
indulged
in
this
secret
adventure
so
many
times
,
both
were
unconsciously
becoming
bolder
.
Not
having
been
detected
to
date
,
they
were
of
the
notion
that
it
was
possible
they
might
not
be
.
Or
if
they
were
Clyde
might
be
introduced
as
her
brother
or
cousin
for
the
moment
,
anyhow
,
in
order
to
avoid
immediate
scandal
.
Later
,
to
avoid
danger
of
comment
or
subsequent
detection
,
as
both
had
agreed
after
some
discussion
,
Roberta
might
have
to
move
to
some
other
place
where
the
same
routine
was
to
be
repeated
.
But
that
would
be
easy
,
or
at
least
better
than
no
freedom
of
contact
.
And
with
that
Roberta
had
been
compelled
to
agree
.
However
,
on
this
occasion
there
came
a
contact
and
an
interruption
which
set
his
thoughts
careening
in
an
entirely
different
direction
.
Reaching
the
first
of
the
more
important
houses
of
Wykeagy
Avenue
,
although
he
had
not
the
slightest
idea
who
lived
there
,
he
was
gazing
interestedly
at
the
high
wrought-iron
fence
,
as
well
as
the
kempt
lawn
within
,
dimly
illuminated
by
street
lamps
,
and
upon
the
surface
of
which
he
could
detect
many
heaps
of
freshly
fallen
brown
leaves
being
shaken
and
rolled
by
a
winnowing
and
gamboling
wind
.
It
was
all
so
starkly
severe
,
placid
,
reserved
,
beautiful
,
as
he
saw
it
,
that
he
was
quite
stirred
by
the
dignity
and
richness
of
it
.
And
as
he
neared
the
central
gate
,
above
which
two
lights
were
burning
,
making
a
circle
of
light
about
it
,
a
closed
car
of
great
size
and
solidity
stopped
directly
in
front
of
it
.
And
the
chauffeur
stepping
down
and
opening
the
door
,
Clyde
instantly
recognized
Sondra
Finchley
leaning
forward
in
the
car
.
"
Go
around
to
the
side
entrance
,
David
,
and
tell
Miriam
that
I
ca
n't
wait
for
her
because
I
'm
going
over
to
the
Trumbulls
for
dinner
,
but
that
I
'll
be
back
by
nine
.
If
she
's
not
there
,
leave
this
note
and
hurry
,
will
you
?
"
The
voice
and
manner
were
of
that
imperious
and
yet
pleasing
mode
which
had
so
intrigued
him
the
spring
before
.
