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Clyde
therefore
returned
to
Roberta
with
the
same
prescription
renewed
,
although
she
had
most
decidedly
protested
that
,
since
the
first
box
had
not
worked
,
it
was
useless
to
get
more
.
But
since
he
insisted
,
she
was
willing
to
try
the
drug
the
new
way
,
although
the
argument
that
a
cold
or
nerves
was
the
possible
cause
was
only
sufficient
to
convince
her
that
Clyde
was
at
the
end
of
his
resources
in
so
far
as
she
was
concerned
,
or
if
not
that
,
he
was
far
from
being
alive
to
the
import
of
this
both
to
herself
and
to
him
.
And
supposing
this
new
treatment
did
not
work
,
then
what
?
Was
he
going
to
stop
now
and
let
the
thing
rest
there
?
Yet
so
peculiar
was
Clyde
's
nature
that
in
the
face
of
his
fears
in
regard
to
his
future
,
and
because
it
was
far
from
pleasant
to
be
harried
in
this
way
and
an
infringement
on
his
other
interests
,
the
assurance
that
the
delay
of
a
month
might
not
prove
fatal
was
sufficient
to
cause
him
to
be
willing
to
wait
,
and
that
rather
indifferently
,
for
that
length
of
time
.
Roberta
might
be
wrong
.
She
might
be
making
all
this
trouble
for
nothing
.
He
must
see
how
she
felt
after
she
had
tried
this
new
way
.
But
the
treatment
failed
.
Despite
the
fact
that
in
her
distress
Roberta
returned
to
the
factory
in
order
to
weary
herself
,
until
all
the
girls
in
the
department
assured
her
that
she
must
be
ill
--
that
she
should
not
be
working
when
she
looked
and
plainly
felt
so
bad
--
still
nothing
came
of
it
.
And
the
fact
that
Clyde
could
dream
of
falling
back
on
the
assurance
of
the
druggist
that
a
first
month
's
lapse
was
of
no
import
only
aggravated
and
frightened
her
the
more
.
The
truth
was
that
in
this
crisis
he
was
as
interesting
an
illustration
of
the
enormous
handicaps
imposed
by
ignorance
,
youth
,
poverty
and
fear
as
one
could
have
found
.
Technically
he
did
not
even
know
the
meaning
of
the
word
"
midwife
,
"
or
the
nature
of
the
services
performed
by
her
.
(
And
there
were
three
here
in
Lycurgus
at
this
time
in
the
foreign
family
section
.
)
Again
,
he
had
been
in
Lycurgus
so
short
a
time
,
and
apart
from
the
young
society
men
and
Dillard
whom
he
had
cut
,
and
the
various
department
heads
at
the
factory
,
he
knew
no
one
--
an
occasional
barber
,
haberdasher
,
cigar
dealer
and
the
like
,
the
majority
of
whom
,
as
he
saw
them
,
were
either
too
dull
or
too
ignorant
for
his
purpose
.
One
thing
,
however
,
which
caused
him
to
pause
before
ever
he
decided
to
look
up
a
physician
was
the
problem
of
who
was
to
approach
him
and
how
.
To
go
himself
was
simply
out
of
the
question
.
In
the
first
place
,
he
looked
too
much
like
Gilbert
Griffiths
,
who
was
decidedly
too
well-known
here
and
for
whom
he
might
be
mistaken
.
Next
,
it
was
unquestionable
that
,
being
as
well-dressed
as
he
was
,
the
physician
would
want
to
charge
him
more
,
maybe
,
than
he
could
afford
and
ask
him
all
sorts
of
embarrassing
questions
,
whereas
if
it
could
be
arranged
through
some
one
else
--
the
details
explained
before
ever
Roberta
was
sent
--
Why
not
Roberta
herself
!
Why
not
?
She
looked
so
simple
and
innocent
and
unassuming
and
appealing
at
all
times
.
And
in
such
a
situation
as
this
,
as
depressed
and
downcast
as
she
was
,
well
...
For
after
all
,
as
he
now
casuistically
argued
with
himself
,
it
was
she
and
not
he
who
was
facing
the
immediate
problem
which
had
to
be
solved
.
And
again
,
as
it
now
came
to
him
,
would
she
not
be
able
to
get
it
done
cheaper
?
For
looking
as
she
did
now
,
so
distrait
--
If
only
he
could
get
her
to
say
that
she
had
been
deserted
by
some
young
man
,
whose
name
she
would
refuse
to
divulge
,
of
course
,
well
,
what
physician
seeing
a
girl
like
her
alone
and
in
such
a
state
--
no
one
to
look
after
her
--
would
refuse
her
?
It
might
even
be
that
he
would
help
her
out
for
nothing
.
Who
could
tell
?
And
that
would
leave
him
clear
of
it
all
.
And
in
consequence
he
now
approached
Roberta
,
intending
to
prepare
her
for
the
suggestion
that
,
assuming
that
he
could
provide
a
physician
and
the
nature
of
his
position
being
what
it
was
,
she
must
speak
for
herself
.
But
before
he
had
spoken
she
at
once
inquired
of
him
as
to
what
,
if
anything
,
more
he
had
heard
or
done
.
Was
n't
some
other
remedy
sold
somewhere
?
And
this
giving
him
the
opportunity
he
desired
,
he
explained
:
"
Well
,
I
've
asked
around
and
looked
into
most
of
the
drug-stores
and
they
tell
me
if
this
one
wo
n't
work
that
none
will
.
That
leaves
me
sorta
stumped
now
,
unless
you
're
willing
to
go
and
see
a
doctor
.
But
the
trouble
with
that
is
they
're
hard
to
find
--
the
ones
who
'll
do
anything
and
keep
their
mouths
shut
.
I
've
talked
with
several
fellows
without
saying
who
it
's
for
,
of
course
,
but
it
ai
n't
so
easy
to
get
one
around
here
,
because
they
are
all
too
much
afraid
.
It
's
against
the
law
,
you
see
.
But
what
I
want
to
know
now
is
,
supposing
I
find
a
doctor
who
would
do
it
,
will
you
have
the
nerve
to
go
and
see
him
and
tell
him
what
the
trouble
is
?
That
's
what
I
want
to
know
.
"
