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And
Ratterer
,
to
Clyde
's
surprise
,
was
already
seated
upon
one
of
the
gilt
chairs
and
upon
his
knees
was
lounging
a
tall
young
girl
with
very
light
hair
and
blue
eyes
.
And
she
was
smoking
a
cigarette
and
tapping
her
gold
slippers
to
the
melody
of
the
piano
.
It
was
really
quite
an
amazing
and
Aladdin-like
scene
to
him
.
And
here
was
Hegglund
,
before
whom
was
standing
a
German
or
Scandinavian
type
,
plump
and
pretty
,
her
arms
akimbo
and
her
feet
wide
apart
.
And
she
was
asking
--
with
an
upward
swell
of
the
voice
,
as
Clyde
could
hear
:
"
You
make
love
to
me
to-night
?
"
But
Hegglund
,
apparently
not
very
much
taken
with
these
overtures
,
calmly
shook
his
head
,
after
which
she
went
on
to
Kinsella
.
And
even
as
he
was
looking
and
thinking
,
a
quite
attractive
blonde
girl
of
not
less
than
twenty-four
,
but
who
seemed
younger
to
Clyde
,
drew
up
a
chair
beside
him
and
seating
herself
,
said
:
"
Do
n't
you
dance
?
"
He
shook
his
head
nervously
.
"
Want
me
to
show
you
?
"
"
Oh
,
I
would
n't
want
to
try
here
,
"
he
said
.
"
Oh
,
it
's
easy
,
"
she
continued
.
"
Come
on
!
"
But
since
he
would
not
,
though
he
was
rather
pleased
with
her
for
being
agreeable
to
him
,
she
added
:
"
Well
,
how
about
something
to
drink
then
?
"
"
Sure
,
"
he
agreed
,
gallantly
,
and
forthwith
she
signaled
the
young
Negress
who
had
returned
as
waitress
,
and
in
a
moment
a
small
table
was
put
before
them
and
a
bottle
of
whisky
with
soda
on
the
side
--
a
sight
that
so
astonished
and
troubled
Clyde
that
he
could
scarcely
speak
.
He
had
forty
dollars
in
his
pocket
,
and
the
cost
of
drinks
here
,
as
he
had
heard
from
the
others
,
would
not
be
less
than
two
dollars
each
,
but
even
so
,
think
of
him
buying
drinks
for
such
a
woman
at
such
a
price
!
And
his
mother
and
sisters
and
brother
at
home
with
scarcely
the
means
to
make
ends
meet
.
And
yet
he
bought
and
paid
for
several
,
feeling
all
the
while
that
he
had
let
himself
in
for
a
terrifying
bit
of
extravagance
,
if
not
an
orgy
,
but
now
that
he
was
here
,
he
must
go
through
with
it
.
And
besides
,
as
he
now
saw
,
this
girl
was
really
pretty
.
She
had
on
a
Delft
blue
evening
gown
of
velvet
,
with
slippers
and
stockings
to
match
.
In
her
ears
were
blue
earrings
and
her
neck
and
shoulders
and
arms
were
plump
and
smooth
.
The
most
disturbing
thing
about
her
was
that
her
bodice
was
cut
very
low
--
he
dared
scarcely
look
at
her
there
--
and
her
cheeks
and
lips
were
painted
--
most
assuredly
the
marks
of
the
scarlet
woman
.
Yet
she
did
not
seem
very
aggressive
,
in
fact
quite
human
,
and
she
kept
looking
rather
interestedly
at
his
deep
and
dark
and
nervous
eyes
.
"
You
work
over
at
the
Green
--
Davidson
,
too
,
do
n't
you
?
"
she
asked
.
"
Yes
,
"
replied
Clyde
trying
to
appear
as
if
all
this
were
not
new
to
him
--
as
if
he
had
often
been
in
just
such
a
place
as
this
,
amid
such
scenes
.
"
How
did
you
know
?
"
"
Oh
,
I
know
Oscar
Hegglund
,
"
she
replied
.
"
He
comes
around
here
once
in
a
while
.
Is
he
a
friend
of
yours
?
"
