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Even
as
they
talked
,
they
had
reached
a
certain
house
in
a
dark
and
rather
wide
street
,
the
curbs
of
which
for
a
block
or
more
on
either
side
were
sprinkled
with
cabs
and
cars
.
And
at
the
corner
,
only
a
little
distance
away
,
were
some
young
men
standing
and
talking
.
And
over
the
way
,
more
men
.
And
not
a
half
a
block
farther
on
,
they
passed
two
policemen
,
idling
and
conversing
.
And
although
there
was
no
light
visible
in
any
window
,
nor
over
any
transom
,
still
,
curiously
,
there
was
a
sense
of
vivid
,
radiant
life
.
One
could
feel
it
in
this
dark
street
.
Taxis
spun
and
honked
and
two
old-time
closed
carriages
still
in
use
rolled
here
and
there
,
their
curtains
drawn
.
And
doors
slammed
or
opened
and
closed
.
And
now
and
then
a
segment
of
bright
inward
light
pierced
the
outward
gloom
and
then
disappeared
again
.
Overhead
on
this
night
were
many
stars
.
Finally
,
without
any
comment
from
any
one
,
Hegglund
,
accompanied
by
Higby
and
Shiel
,
marched
up
the
steps
of
this
house
and
rang
the
bell
.
Almost
instantly
the
door
was
opened
by
a
black
girl
in
a
red
dress
.
"
Good
evening
.
Walk
right
in
,
wo
n't
you
?
"
was
the
affable
greeting
,
and
the
six
,
having
pushed
past
her
and
through
the
curtains
of
heavy
velvet
,
which
separated
this
small
area
from
the
main
chambers
,
Clyde
found
himself
in
a
bright
and
rather
gaudy
general
parlor
or
reception
room
,
the
walls
of
which
were
ornamented
with
gilt-framed
pictures
of
nude
or
semi-nude
girls
and
some
very
high
pier
mirrors
.
And
the
floor
was
covered
by
a
bright
red
thick
carpet
,
over
which
were
strewn
many
gilt
chairs
.
At
the
back
,
before
some
very
bright
red
hangings
,
was
a
gilded
upright
piano
.
But
of
guests
or
inmates
there
seemed
to
be
none
,
other
than
the
black
girl
.
"
Jest
be
seated
,
wo
n't
you
?
Make
yourselves
at
home
.
I
'll
call
the
madam
.
"
And
,
running
upstairs
to
the
left
,
she
began
calling
:
"
Oh
,
Marie
!
Sadie
!
Caroline
!
They
is
some
young
gentlemen
in
the
parlor
.
"
And
at
that
moment
,
from
a
door
in
the
rear
,
there
emerged
a
tall
,
slim
and
rather
pale-faced
woman
of
about
thirty-eight
or
forty
--
very
erect
,
very
executive
,
very
intelligent
and
graceful-looking
--
diaphanously
and
yet
modestly
garbed
,
who
said
,
with
a
rather
wan
and
yet
encouraging
smile
:
"
Oh
,
hello
,
Oscar
,
it
's
you
,
is
it
?
And
you
too
,
Paul
.
Hello
!
Hello
,
Davis
!
Just
make
yourselves
at
home
anywhere
,
all
of
you
.
Fannie
will
be
in
in
a
minute
.
She
'll
bring
you
something
to
drink
.
I
've
just
hired
a
new
pianist
from
St.
Joe
--
a
Negro
.
Wait
'll
you
hear
him
.
He
's
awfully
clever
.
"
She
returned
to
the
rear
and
called
,
"
Oh
,
Sam
!
"
As
she
did
so
,
nine
girls
of
varying
ages
and
looks
,
but
none
apparently
over
twenty-four
or
five
--
came
trooping
down
the
stairs
at
one
side
in
the
rear
,
and
garbed
as
Clyde
had
never
seen
any
women
dressed
anywhere
.
And
they
were
all
laughing
and
talking
as
they
came
--
evidently
very
well
pleased
with
themselves
and
in
nowise
ashamed
of
their
appearance
,
which
in
some
instances
was
quite
extraordinary
,
as
Clyde
saw
it
,
their
costumes
ranging
from
the
gayest
and
flimsiest
of
boudoir
negligees
to
the
somewhat
more
sober
,
if
no
less
revealing
,
dancing
and
ballroom
gowns
.
And
they
were
of
such
varied
types
and
sizes
and
complexions
--
slim
and
stout
and
medium
--
tall
or
short
--
and
dark
or
light
or
betwixt
.
And
,
whatever
their
ages
,
all
seemed
young
.
And
they
smiled
so
warmly
and
enthusiastically
"
Oh
,
hello
,
sweetheart
!
How
are
you
?
Do
n't
you
want
to
dance
with
me
?
"
or
"
Would
n't
you
like
something
to
drink
?
"
Prepared
as
Clyde
was
to
dislike
all
this
,
so
steeped
had
he
been
in
the
moods
and
maxims
antipathetic
to
anything
of
its
kind
,
still
so
innately
sensual
and
romantic
was
his
own
disposition
and
so
starved
where
sex
was
concerned
,
that
instead
of
being
sickened
,
he
was
quite
fascinated
.
The
very
fleshly
sumptuousness
of
most
of
these
figures
,
dull
and
unromantic
as
might
be
the
brains
that
directed
them
,
interested
him
for
the
time
being
.
After
all
,
here
was
beauty
of
a
gross
,
fleshly
character
,
revealed
and
purchasable
.
And
there
were
no
difficulties
of
mood
or
inhibitions
to
overcome
in
connection
with
any
of
these
girls
.
One
of
them
,
a
quite
pretty
brunette
in
a
black
and
red
costume
with
a
band
of
red
ribbon
across
her
forehead
,
seemed
to
be
decidedly
at
home
with
Higby
,
for
already
she
was
dancing
with
him
in
the
back
room
to
a
jazz
melody
most
irrationally
hammered
out
upon
the
piano
.
