-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Теодор Драйзер
-
- Американская трагедия
-
- Стр. 60/598
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
But
so
keen
was
her
attraction
for
him
that
he
could
not
long
remain
away
,
but
must
be
going
about
to
where
most
likely
he
would
encounter
her
.
Indeed
,
for
the
most
part
these
days
,
and
in
spite
of
the
peculiar
climax
which
had
eventuated
in
connection
with
Esta
,
he
lived
in
a
keen
,
sweet
and
sensual
dream
in
regard
to
her
.
If
only
she
would
really
come
to
care
for
him
.
At
night
,
in
his
bed
at
home
,
he
would
lie
and
think
of
her
--
her
face
--
the
expressions
of
her
mouth
and
eyes
,
the
lines
of
her
figure
,
the
motions
of
her
body
in
walking
or
dancing
--
and
she
would
flicker
before
him
as
upon
a
screen
.
In
his
dreams
,
he
found
her
deliciously
near
him
,
pressing
against
him
--
her
delightful
body
all
his
--
and
then
in
the
moment
of
crisis
,
when
seemingly
she
was
about
to
yield
herself
to
him
completely
,
he
would
awake
to
find
her
vanished
--
an
illusion
only
.
Yet
there
were
several
things
in
connection
with
her
which
seemed
to
bode
success
for
him
.
In
the
first
place
,
like
himself
,
she
was
part
of
a
poor
family
--
the
daughter
of
a
machinist
and
his
wife
,
who
up
to
this
very
time
had
achieved
little
more
than
a
bare
living
.
From
her
childhood
she
had
had
nothing
,
only
such
gew-gaws
and
fripperies
as
she
could
secure
for
herself
by
her
wits
.
And
so
low
had
been
her
social
state
until
very
recently
that
she
had
not
been
able
to
come
in
contact
with
anything
better
than
butcher
and
baker
boys
--
the
rather
commonplace
urchins
and
small
job
aspirants
of
her
vicinity
.
Yet
even
here
she
had
early
realized
that
she
could
and
should
capitalize
her
looks
and
charm
--
and
had
.
Not
a
few
of
these
had
even
gone
so
far
as
to
steal
in
order
to
get
money
to
entertain
her
.
After
reaching
the
age
where
she
was
old
enough
to
go
to
work
,
and
thus
coming
in
contact
with
the
type
of
boy
and
man
in
whom
she
was
now
interested
,
she
was
beginning
to
see
that
without
yielding
herself
too
much
,
but
in
acting
discreetly
,
she
could
win
a
more
interesting
equipment
than
she
had
before
.
Only
,
so
truly
sensual
and
pleasure-loving
was
she
that
she
was
by
no
means
always
willing
to
divorce
her
self-advantages
from
her
pleasures
.
On
the
contrary
,
she
was
often
troubled
by
a
desire
to
like
those
whom
she
sought
to
use
,
and
per
contra
,
not
to
obligate
herself
to
those
whom
she
could
not
like
.
In
Clyde
's
case
,
liking
him
but
a
little
,
she
still
could
not
resist
the
desire
to
use
him
.
She
liked
his
willingness
to
buy
her
any
little
thing
in
which
she
appeared
interested
--
a
bag
,
a
scarf
,
a
purse
,
a
pair
of
gloves
--
anything
that
she
could
reasonably
ask
or
take
without
obligating
herself
too
much
.
And
yet
from
the
first
,
in
her
smart
,
tricky
way
,
she
realized
that
unless
she
could
bring
herself
to
yield
to
him
--
at
some
time
or
other
offer
him
the
definite
reward
which
she
knew
he
craved
--
she
could
not
hold
him
indefinitely
.
One
thought
that
stirred
her
more
than
anything
else
was
that
the
way
Clyde
appeared
to
be
willing
to
spend
his
money
on
her
she
might
easily
get
some
quite
expensive
things
from
him
--
a
pretty
and
rather
expensive
dress
,
perhaps
,
or
a
hat
,
or
even
a
fur
coat
such
as
was
then
being
shown
and
worn
in
the
city
,
to
say
nothing
of
gold
earrings
,
or
a
wrist
watch
,
all
of
which
she
was
constantly
and
enviously
eyeing
in
the
different
shop
windows
.
One
day
not
so
long
after
Clyde
's
discovery
of
his
sister
Esta
,
Hortense
,
walking
along
Baltimore
Street
near
its
junction
with
Fifteenth
--
the
smartest
portion
of
the
shopping
section
of
the
city
--
at
the
noon
hour
--
with
Doris
Trine
,
another
shop
girl
in
her
department
store
,
saw
in
the
window
of
one
of
the
smaller
and
less
exclusive
fur
stores
of
the
city
,
a
fur
jacket
of
beaver
that
to
her
,
viewed
from
the
eye-point
of
her
own
particular
build
,
coloring
and
temperament
,
was
exactly
what
she
needed
to
strengthen
mightily
her
very
limited
personal
wardrobe
.
It
was
not
such
an
expensive
coat
,
worth
possibly
a
hundred
dollars
--
but
fashioned
in
such
an
individual
way
as
to
cause
her
to
imagine
that
,
once
invested
with
it
,
her
own
physical
charm
would
register
more
than
it
ever
had
.
Moved
by
this
thought
,
she
paused
and
exclaimed
:
"
Oh
,
is
n't
that
just
the
classiest
,
darlingest
little
coat
you
ever
saw
!
Oh
,
do
look
at
those
sleeves
,
Doris
.
"
She
clutched
her
companion
violently
by
the
arm
.
"
Lookit
the
collar
.
And
the
lining
!
And
those
pockets
!
Oh
,
dear
!
"
She
fairly
vibrated
with
the
intensity
of
her
approval
and
delight
.
"
Oh
,
is
n't
that
just
too
sweet
for
words
?
And
the
very
kind
of
coat
I
've
been
thinking
of
since
I
do
n't
know
when
.
Oh
,
you
pity
sing
!
"
she
exclaimed
,
affectedly
,
thinking
all
at
once
as
much
of
her
own
pose
before
the
window
and
its
effect
on
the
passer-by
as
of
the
coat
before
her
.
"
Oh
,
if
I
could
only
have
'
oo
.
"
She
clapped
her
hands
admiringly
,
while
Isadore
Rubenstein
,
the
elderly
son
of
the
proprietor
,
who
was
standing
somewhat
out
of
the
range
of
her
gaze
at
the
moment
,
noted
the
gesture
and
her
enthusiasm
and
decided
forthwith
that
the
coat
must
be
worth
at
least
twenty-five
or
fifty
dollars
more
to
her
,
anyhow
,
in
case
she
inquired
for
it
.
The
firm
had
been
offering
it
at
one
hundred
.
"
Oh
,
ha
!
"
he
grunted
.
But
being
of
a
sensual
and
somewhat
romantic
turn
,
he
also
speculated
to
himself
rather
definitely
as
to
the
probable
trading
value
,
affectionally
speaking
,
of
such
a
coat
.
What
,
say
,
would
the
poverty
and
vanity
of
such
a
pretty
girl
as
this
cause
her
to
yield
for
such
a
coat
?
