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"
Oh
,
yes
,
I
know
,
"
replied
Roberta
,
standing
tensely
and
nervously
before
him
,
her
face
white
,
her
hands
suddenly
clenched
,
and
looking
up
at
him
dubiously
and
yet
pleadingly
.
"
But
they
've
got
everything
.
You
know
they
have
.
And
I
have
n't
got
anything
,
really
.
And
it
's
so
hard
for
me
to
keep
up
my
end
and
against
all
of
them
,
too
,
and
with
all
they
have
.
"
Her
voice
shook
,
and
she
ceased
talking
,
her
eyes
filling
and
her
lips
beginning
to
quiver
.
And
as
swiftly
she
concealed
her
face
with
her
hands
and
turned
away
,
her
shoulders
shaking
as
she
did
so
.
Indeed
her
body
was
now
torn
for
the
moment
by
the
most
desperate
and
convulsive
sobs
,
so
much
so
that
Clyde
,
perplexed
and
astonished
and
deeply
moved
by
this
sudden
display
of
a
pent-up
and
powerful
emotion
,
as
suddenly
was
himself
moved
deeply
.
For
obviously
this
was
no
trick
or
histrionic
bit
intended
to
influence
him
,
but
rather
a
sudden
and
overwhelming
vision
of
herself
,
as
he
himself
could
sense
,
as
a
rather
lorn
and
isolated
girl
without
friends
or
prospects
as
opposed
to
those
others
in
whom
he
was
now
so
interested
and
who
had
so
much
more
--
everything
in
fact
.
For
behind
her
in
her
vision
lay
all
the
lorn
and
detached
years
that
had
marred
her
youth
,
now
so
vivid
because
of
her
recent
visit
.
She
was
really
intensely
moved
--
overwhelmingly
and
helplessly
.
And
now
from
the
very
bottom
of
her
heart
she
exclaimed
:
"
If
I
'd
ever
had
a
chance
like
some
girls
--
if
I
'd
ever
been
anywhere
or
seen
anything
!
But
just
to
be
brought
up
in
the
country
and
without
any
money
or
clothes
or
anything
--
and
nobody
to
show
you
.
Oh
,
oh
,
oh
,
oh
,
oh
!
"
The
moment
she
said
these
things
she
was
actually
ashamed
of
having
made
so
weak
and
self-condemnatory
a
confession
,
since
that
was
what
really
was
troubling
him
in
connection
with
her
,
no
doubt
.
"
Oh
,
Roberta
,
darling
,
"
he
said
instantly
and
tenderly
,
putting
his
arms
around
her
,
genuinely
moved
by
his
own
dereliction
.
"
You
must
n't
cry
like
that
,
dearest
.
You
must
n't
.
I
did
n't
mean
to
hurt
you
,
honest
I
did
n't
.
Truly
,
I
did
n't
,
dear
.
I
know
you
've
had
a
hard
time
,
honey
.
I
know
how
you
feel
,
and
how
you
've
been
up
against
things
in
one
way
and
another
.
Sure
I
do
,
Bert
,
and
you
must
n't
cry
,
dearest
.
I
love
you
just
the
same
.
Truly
I
do
,
and
I
always
will
.
I
'm
sorry
if
I
've
hurt
you
,
honest
I
am
.
I
could
n't
help
it
to-night
if
I
did
n't
come
,
honest
,
or
last
Friday
either
.
Why
,
it
just
was
n't
possible
.
But
I
wo
n't
be
so
mean
like
that
any
more
,
if
I
can
help
it
.
Honest
I
wo
n't
.
You
're
the
sweetest
,
dearest
girl
.
And
you
've
got
such
lovely
hair
and
eyes
,
and
such
a
pretty
little
figure
.
Honest
you
have
,
Bert
.
And
you
can
dance
too
,
as
pretty
as
anybody
.
And
you
look
just
as
nice
,
honest
you
do
,
dear
.
Wo
n't
you
stop
now
,
honey
?
Please
do
.
I
'm
so
sorry
,
honey
,
if
I
've
hurt
you
in
any
way
.
"
There
was
about
Clyde
at
times
a
certain
strain
of
tenderness
,
evoked
by
experiences
,
disappointments
,
and
hardships
in
his
own
life
,
which
came
out
to
one
and
another
,
almost
any
other
,
under
such
circumstances
as
these
.
At
such
times
he
had
a
soft
and
melting
voice
.
His
manner
was
as
tender
and
gentle
almost
as
that
of
a
mother
with
a
baby
.
It
drew
a
girl
like
Roberta
intensely
to
him
.
At
the
same
time
,
such
emotion
in
him
,
though
vivid
,
was
of
brief
duration
.
It
was
like
the
rush
and
flutter
of
a
summer
storm
--
soon
come
and
soon
gone
.
Yet
in
this
instance
it
was
sufficient
to
cause
Roberta
to
feel
that
he
fully
understood
and
sympathized
with
her
and
perhaps
liked
her
all
the
better
for
it
.
Things
were
not
so
bad
for
the
moment
,
anyhow
She
had
him
and
his
love
and
sympathy
to
a
very
marked
degree
at
any
rate
,
and
because
of
this
and
her
very
great
comfort
in
it
,
and
his
soothing
words
,
she
began
to
dry
her
eyes
,
to
say
that
she
was
sorry
to
think
that
she
was
such
a
cry-baby
and
that
she
hoped
he
would
forgive
her
,
because
in
crying
she
had
wet
the
bosom
of
his
spotless
white
shirt
with
her
tears
.
And
she
would
not
do
it
any
more
if
Clyde
would
just
forgive
her
this
once
--
the
while
,
touched
by
a
passion
he
scarcely
believed
was
buried
in
her
in
any
such
volume
,
he
now
continued
to
kiss
her
hands
,
cheeks
,
and
finally
her
lips
.
And
between
these
pettings
and
coaxings
and
kissings
it
was
that
he
reaffirmed
to
her
,
most
foolishly
and
falsely
in
this
instance
(
since
he
was
really
caring
for
Sondra
in
a
way
which
,
while
different
,
was
just
as
vital
--
perhaps
even
more
so
)
,
that
he
regarded
her
as
first
,
last
and
most
in
his
heart
,
always
--
a
statement
which
caused
her
to
feel
that
perhaps
after
all
she
might
have
misjudged
him
.
Also
that
her
position
,
if
anything
,
was
more
secure
,
if
not
more
wonderful
than
ever
it
had
been
before
--
far
superior
to
that
of
these
other
girls
who
might
see
him
socially
perhaps
,
but
who
did
not
have
him
to
love
them
in
this
wonderful
way
.
Clyde
now
was
actually
part
and
parcel
of
this
local
winter
social
scene
.
The
Griffiths
having
introduced
him
to
their
friends
and
connections
,
it
followed
as
a
matter
of
course
that
he
would
be
received
in
most
homes
here
.
But
in
this
very
limited
world
,
where
quite
every
one
who
was
anything
at
all
knew
every
one
else
,
the
state
of
one
's
purse
was
as
much
,
and
in
some
instances
even
more
,
considered
than
one
's
social
connections
.
For
these
local
families
of
distinction
were
convinced
that
not
only
one
's
family
but
one
's
wealth
was
the
be-all
and
end-all
of
every
happy
union
meant
to
include
social
security
.
And
in
consequence
,
while
considering
Clyde
as
one
who
was
unquestionably
eligible
socially
,
still
,
because
it
had
been
whispered
about
that
his
means
were
very
slender
,
they
were
not
inclined
to
look
upon
him
as
one
who
might
aspire
to
marriage
with
any
of
their
daughters
.
Hence
,
while
they
were
to
the
fore
with
invitations
,
still
in
so
far
as
their
own
children
and
connections
were
concerned
they
were
also
to
the
fore
with
precautionary
hints
as
to
the
inadvisability
of
too
numerous
contacts
with
him
.
