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Besides
,
of
whom
could
he
ask
now
?
Of
whom
?
These
things
took
time
,
did
n't
they
?
Yet
in
the
meantime
,
the
days
going
by
,
both
he
and
Roberta
had
ample
time
to
consider
what
,
if
any
,
steps
they
must
take
--
the
one
in
regard
to
the
other
--
in
case
no
medical
or
surgical
solution
was
found
.
For
Roberta
,
while
urging
and
urging
,
if
not
so
much
by
words
as
by
expression
and
mood
at
her
work
,
was
determined
that
she
must
not
be
left
to
fight
this
out
alone
--
she
could
not
be
.
On
the
other
hand
,
as
she
could
see
,
Clyde
did
nothing
.
For
apart
from
what
he
had
already
attempted
to
do
,
he
was
absolutely
at
a
loss
how
to
proceed
.
He
had
no
intimates
and
in
consequence
he
could
only
think
of
presenting
the
problem
as
an
imaginary
one
to
one
individual
and
another
here
or
there
in
the
hope
of
extracting
some
helpful
information
.
At
the
same
time
,
and
as
impractical
and
evasive
as
it
may
seem
,
there
was
the
call
of
that
diverting
world
of
which
Sondra
was
a
part
,
evenings
and
Sundays
,
when
,
in
spite
of
Roberta
's
wretched
state
and
mood
,
he
was
called
to
go
here
and
there
,
and
did
,
because
in
so
doing
he
was
actually
relieving
his
own
mind
of
the
dread
specter
of
disaster
that
was
almost
constantly
before
it
.
If
only
he
could
get
her
out
of
this
!
If
only
he
could
.
But
how
,
without
money
,
intimates
,
a
more
familiar
understanding
of
the
medical
or
if
not
that
exactly
,
then
the
sub
rosa
world
of
sexual
free-masonry
which
some
at
times
--
the
bell
-
hops
of
the
Green
--
Davidson
,
for
instance
,
seemed
to
understand
.
He
had
written
to
Ratterer
,
of
course
,
but
there
had
been
no
answer
,
since
Ratterer
had
removed
to
Florida
and
as
yet
Clyde
's
letter
had
not
reached
him
.
And
locally
all
those
he
knew
best
were
either
connected
with
the
factory
or
society
--
individuals
on
the
one
hand
too
inexperienced
or
dangerous
,
or
on
the
other
hand
,
too
remote
and
dangerous
,
since
he
was
not
sufficiently
intimate
with
any
of
them
as
yet
to
command
their
true
confidence
and
secrecy
.
At
the
same
time
he
must
do
something
--
he
could
not
just
rest
and
drift
.
Assuredly
Roberta
could
not
long
permit
him
to
do
that
--
faced
as
she
was
by
exposure
.
And
so
from
time
to
time
he
actually
racked
himself
--
seized
upon
straws
and
what
would
have
been
looked
upon
by
most
as
forlorn
chances
.
Thus
,
for
instance
,
an
associate
foreman
,
chancing
to
reminisce
one
day
concerning
a
certain
girl
in
his
department
who
had
"
gotten
in
trouble
"
and
had
been
compelled
to
leave
,
he
had
been
given
the
opportunity
to
inquire
what
he
thought
such
a
girl
did
in
case
she
could
not
afford
or
did
not
want
to
have
a
child
.
But
this
particular
foreman
,
being
as
uninformed
as
himself
,
merely
observed
that
she
probably
had
to
see
a
doctor
if
she
knew
one
or
"
go
through
with
it
"
--
which
left
Clyde
exactly
where
he
was
.
On
another
occasion
,
in
connection
with
a
conversation
in
a
barber
shop
,
relating
to
a
local
case
reported
in
The
Star
where
a
girl
was
suing
a
local
ne'er
-
do-well
for
breach
of
promise
,
the
remark
was
made
that
she
would
"
never
have
sued
that
guy
,
you
bet
,
unless
she
had
to
.
"
Whereupon
Clyde
seized
the
opportunity
to
remark
hopefully
,
"
But
would
n't
you
think
that
she
could
find
some
way
of
getting
out
of
trouble
without
marrying
a
fellow
she
did
n't
like
?
"
"
Well
,
that
's
not
so
easy
as
you
may
think
,
particularly
around
here
,
"
elucidated
the
wiseacre
who
was
trimming
his
hair
.
"
In
the
first
place
it
's
agin
'
the
law
.
And
next
it
takes
a
lotta
money
.
An
'
in
case
you
ai
n't
got
it
,
well
,
money
makes
the
mare
go
,
you
know
.
"
He
snip-snipped
with
his
scissors
while
Clyde
,
confronted
by
his
own
problem
,
meditated
on
how
true
it
was
.
If
he
had
a
lot
of
money
--
even
a
few
hundred
dollars
--
he
might
take
it
now
and
possibly
persuade
her
--
who
could
tell
--
to
go
somewhere
by
herself
and
have
an
operation
performed
.
Yet
each
day
,
as
on
the
one
before
,
he
was
saying
to
himself
that
he
must
find
some
one
.
And
Roberta
was
saying
to
herself
that
she
too
must
act
--
must
not
really
depend
on
Clyde
any
longer
if
he
were
going
to
act
so
.
One
could
not
trifle
or
compromise
with
a
terror
of
this
kind
.
It
was
a
cruel
imposition
on
her
.
It
must
be
that
Clyde
did
not
realize
how
terribly
this
affected
her
and
even
him
.
For
certainly
,
if
he
were
not
going
to
help
her
out
of
it
,
as
he
had
distinctly
said
he
would
do
at
first
,
then
decidedly
she
could
not
be
expected
to
weather
the
subsequent
storm
alone
.
Never
,
never
,
never
!
For
,
after
all
,
as
Roberta
saw
it
,
Clyde
was
a
man
--
he
had
a
good
position
--
it
was
not
he
,
but
she
,
who
was
in
this
treacherous
position
and
unable
to
extricate
herself
alone
.
And
beginning
with
the
second
day
after
the
second
period
,
when
she
discovered
for
once
and
all
that
her
worst
suspicions
were
true
,
she
not
only
emphasized
the
fact
in
every
way
that
she
could
that
she
was
distressed
beyond
all
words
,
but
on
the
third
day
announced
to
him
in
a
note
that
she
was
again
going
to
see
the
doctor
near
Gloversville
that
evening
,
regardless
of
his
previous
refusal
--
so
great
was
her
need
--
and
also
asking
Clyde
whether
he
would
accompany
her
--
a
request
which
,
since
he
had
not
succeeded
in
doing
anything
,
and
although
he
had
an
engagement
with
Sondra
,
he
instantly
acceded
to
--
feeling
it
to
be
of
greater
importance
than
anything
else
.
He
must
excuse
himself
to
Sondra
on
the
ground
of
work
.
And
accordingly
this
second
trip
was
made
,
a
long
and
nervous
conversation
between
himself
and
Roberta
on
the
way
resulting
in
nothing
more
than
some
explanations
as
to
why
thus
far
he
had
not
been
able
to
achieve
anything
,
plus
certain
encomiums
addressed
to
her
concerning
her
courage
in
acting
for
herself
in
this
way
.
Yet
the
doctor
again
would
not
and
did
not
act
.
After
waiting
nearly
an
hour
for
his
return
from
somewhere
,
she
was
merely
permitted
to
tell
him
of
her
unchanged
state
and
her
destroying
fears
in
regard
to
herself
,
but
with
no
hint
from
him
that
he
could
be
induced
to
act
as
indeed
he
could
act
.
It
was
against
his
prejudices
and
ethics
.
And
so
once
more
Roberta
returned
,
this
time
not
crying
,
actually
too
sad
to
cry
,
choked
with
the
weight
of
her
impending
danger
and
the
anticipatory
fears
and
miseries
that
attended
it
.
