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The
effect
of
this
adventure
on
Clyde
was
such
as
might
have
been
expected
in
connection
with
one
so
new
and
strange
to
such
a
world
as
this
.
In
spite
of
all
that
deep
and
urgent
curiosity
and
desire
that
had
eventually
led
him
to
that
place
and
caused
him
to
yield
,
still
,
because
of
the
moral
precepts
with
which
he
had
so
long
been
familiar
,
and
also
because
of
the
nervous
esthetic
inhibitions
which
were
characteristic
of
him
,
he
could
not
but
look
back
upon
all
this
as
decidedly
degrading
and
sinful
.
His
parents
were
probably
right
when
they
preached
that
this
was
all
low
and
shameful
.
And
yet
this
whole
adventure
and
the
world
in
which
it
was
laid
,
once
it
was
all
over
,
was
lit
with
a
kind
of
gross
,
pagan
beauty
or
vulgar
charm
for
him
.
And
until
other
and
more
interesting
things
had
partially
effaced
it
,
he
could
not
help
thinking
back
upon
it
with
considerable
interest
and
pleasure
,
even
.
In
addition
he
kept
telling
himself
that
now
,
having
as
much
money
as
he
was
making
,
he
could
go
and
do
about
as
he
pleased
.
He
need
not
go
there
any
more
if
he
did
not
want
to
,
but
he
could
go
to
other
places
that
might
not
be
as
low
,
maybe
--
more
refined
.
He
would
n't
want
to
go
with
a
crowd
like
that
again
.
He
would
rather
have
just
one
girl
somewhere
if
he
could
find
her
--
a
girl
such
as
those
with
whom
he
had
seen
Sieberling
and
Doyle
associate
.
And
so
,
despite
all
of
his
troublesome
thoughts
of
the
night
before
,
he
was
thus
won
quickly
over
to
this
new
source
of
pleasure
if
not
its
primary
setting
.
He
must
find
a
free
pagan
girl
of
his
own
somewhere
if
he
could
,
like
Doyle
,
and
spend
his
money
on
her
.
And
he
could
scarcely
wait
until
opportunity
should
provide
him
with
the
means
of
gratifying
himself
in
this
way
.
But
more
interesting
and
more
to
his
purpose
at
the
time
was
the
fact
that
both
Hegglund
and
Ratterer
,
in
spite
of
,
or
possibly
because
of
,
a
secret
sense
of
superiority
which
they
detected
in
Clyde
,
were
inclined
to
look
upon
him
with
no
little
interest
and
to
court
him
and
to
include
him
among
all
their
thoughts
of
affairs
and
pleasures
.
Indeed
,
shortly
after
his
first
adventure
,
Ratterer
invited
him
to
come
to
his
home
,
where
,
as
Clyde
most
quickly
came
to
see
,
was
a
life
very
different
from
his
own
.
At
the
Griffiths
'
all
was
so
solemn
and
reserved
,
the
still
moods
of
those
who
feel
the
pressure
of
dogma
and
conviction
.
In
Ratterer
's
home
,
the
reverse
of
this
was
nearly
true
.
The
mother
and
sister
with
whom
he
lived
,
while
not
without
some
moral
although
no
particular
religious
convictions
,
were
inclined
to
view
life
with
a
great
deal
of
generosity
or
,
as
a
moralist
would
have
seen
it
,
laxity
.
There
had
never
been
any
keen
moral
or
characterful
direction
there
at
all
.
And
so
it
was
that
Ratterer
and
his
sister
Louise
,
who
was
two
years
younger
than
himself
,
now
did
about
as
they
pleased
,
and
without
thinking
very
much
about
it
.
But
his
sister
chanced
to
be
shrewd
or
individual
enough
not
to
wish
to
cast
herself
away
on
just
any
one
.
The
interesting
part
of
all
this
was
that
Clyde
,
in
spite
of
a
certain
strain
of
refinement
which
caused
him
to
look
askance
at
most
of
this
,
was
still
fascinated
by
the
crude
picture
of
life
and
liberty
which
it
offered
.
Among
such
as
these
,
at
least
,
he
could
go
,
do
,
be
as
he
had
never
gone
or
done
or
been
before
.
And
particularly
was
he
pleased
and
enlightened
--
or
rather
dubiously
liberated
--
in
connection
with
his
nervousness
and
uncertainty
in
regard
to
his
charm
or
fascination
for
girls
of
his
own
years
.
For
up
to
this
very
time
,
and
in
spite
of
his
recent
first
visit
to
the
erotic
temple
to
which
Hegglund
and
the
others
had
led
him
,
he
was
still
convinced
that
he
had
no
skill
with
or
charm
where
girls
were
concerned
.
Their
mere
proximity
or
approach
was
sufficient
to
cause
him
to
recede
mentally
,
to
chill
or
palpitate
nervously
,
and
to
lose
what
little
natural
skill
he
had
for
conversation
or
poised
banter
such
as
other
youths
possessed
.
But
now
,
in
his
visits
to
the
home
of
Ratterer
,
as
he
soon
discovered
,
he
was
to
have
ample
opportunity
to
test
whether
this
shyness
and
uncertainty
could
be
overcome
.
For
it
was
a
center
for
the
friends
of
Ratterer
and
his
sister
,
who
were
more
or
less
of
one
mood
in
regard
to
life
.
Dancing
,
card
-
playing
,
love-making
rather
open
and
unashamed
,
went
on
there
.
Indeed
,
up
to
this
time
,
Clyde
would
not
have
imagined
that
a
parent
like
Mrs.
Ratterer
could
have
been
as
lackadaisical
or
indifferent
as
she
was
,
apparently
,
to
conduct
and
morals
generally
.
He
would
not
have
imagined
that
any
mother
would
have
countenanced
the
easy
camaraderie
that
existed
between
the
sexes
in
Mrs.
Ratterer
's
home
.
And
very
soon
,
because
of
several
cordial
invitations
which
were
extended
to
him
by
Ratterer
,
he
found
himself
part
and
parcel
of
this
group
--
a
group
which
from
one
point
of
view
--
the
ideas
held
by
its
members
,
the
rather
wretched
English
they
spoke
--
he
looked
down
upon
.
From
another
point
of
view
--
the
freedom
they
possessed
,
the
zest
with
which
they
managed
to
contrive
social
activities
and
exchanges
--
he
was
drawn
to
them
.
Because
,
for
the
first
time
,
these
permitted
him
,
if
he
chose
,
to
have
a
girl
of
his
own
,
if
only
he
could
summon
the
courage
.
And
this
,
owing
to
the
well
-
meant
ministrations
of
Ratterer
and
his
sister
and
their
friends
,
he
soon
sought
to
accomplish
.
Indeed
the
thing
began
on
the
occasion
of
his
first
visit
to
the
Ratterers
.
Louise
Ratterer
worked
in
a
dry-goods
store
and
often
came
home
a
little
late
for
dinner
.
On
this
occasion
she
did
not
appear
until
seven
,
and
the
eating
of
the
family
meal
was
postponed
accordingly
.
In
the
meantime
,
two
girl
friends
of
Louise
arrived
to
consult
her
in
connection
with
something
,
and
finding
her
delayed
,
and
Ratterer
and
Clyde
there
,
they
made
themselves
at
home
,
rather
impressed
and
interested
by
Clyde
and
his
new
finery
.
For
he
,
at
once
girl
-
hungry
and
girl-shy
,
held
himself
nervously
aloof
,
a
manifestation
which
they
mistook
for
a
conviction
of
superiority
on
his
part
.
And
in
consequence
,
arrested
by
this
,
they
determined
to
show
how
really
interesting
they
were
--
vamp
him
--
no
less
.
And
he
found
their
crude
briskness
and
effrontery
very
appealing
--
so
much
so
that
he
was
soon
taken
by
the
charms
of
one
,
a
certain
Hortense
Briggs
,
who
,
like
Louise
,
was
nothing
more
than
a
crude
shop
girl
in
one
of
the
large
stores
,
but
pretty
and
dark
and
self
-
appreciative
.
And
yet
from
the
first
,
he
realized
that
she
was
not
a
little
coarse
and
vulgar
--
a
very
long
way
removed
from
the
type
of
girl
he
had
been
imagining
in
his
dreams
that
he
would
like
to
have
.
