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And
once
this
conclusion
was
put
before
Clyde
,
he
saw
it
as
a
very
reasonable
arrangement
--
all
things
considered
--
quite
a
respite
from
the
feeling
of
strain
that
had
settled
upon
him
after
his
last
conversation
with
Hortense
.
For
,
after
all
,
he
had
not
seen
how
he
was
to
raise
more
than
thirty-five
dollars
this
first
week
anyhow
.
The
following
week
would
be
somewhat
easier
,
for
then
,
as
he
told
himself
,
he
proposed
to
borrow
twenty
or
twenty-five
from
Ratterer
if
he
could
,
which
,
joined
with
the
twenty
or
twenty-five
which
his
tips
would
bring
him
,
would
be
quite
sufficient
to
meet
the
second
payment
.
The
week
following
he
proposed
to
borrow
at
least
ten
or
fifteen
from
Hegglund
--
maybe
more
--
and
if
that
did
not
make
up
the
required
amount
to
pawn
his
watch
for
fifteen
dollars
,
the
watch
he
had
bought
for
himself
a
few
months
before
.
It
ought
to
bring
that
at
least
;
it
cost
fifty
.
But
,
he
now
thought
,
there
was
Esta
in
her
wretched
room
awaiting
the
most
unhappy
result
of
her
one
romance
.
How
was
she
to
make
out
,
he
asked
himself
,
even
in
the
face
of
the
fact
that
he
feared
to
be
included
in
the
financial
problem
which
Esta
as
well
as
the
family
presented
.
His
father
was
not
now
,
and
never
had
been
,
of
any
real
financial
service
to
his
mother
.
And
yet
,
if
the
problem
were
on
this
account
to
be
shifted
to
him
,
how
would
he
make
out
?
Why
need
his
father
always
peddle
clocks
and
rugs
and
preach
on
the
streets
?
Why
could
n't
his
mother
and
father
give
up
the
mission
idea
,
anyhow
?
But
,
as
he
knew
,
the
situation
was
not
to
be
solved
without
his
aid
.
And
the
proof
of
it
came
toward
the
end
of
the
second
week
of
his
arrangement
with
Hortense
,
when
,
with
fifty
dollars
in
his
pocket
,
which
he
was
planning
to
turn
over
to
her
on
the
following
Sunday
,
his
mother
,
looking
into
his
bedroom
where
he
was
dressing
,
said
:
"
I
'd
like
to
see
you
for
a
minute
,
Clyde
,
before
you
go
out
.
"
He
noted
she
was
very
grave
as
she
said
this
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
for
several
days
past
,
he
had
been
sensing
that
she
was
undergoing
a
strain
of
some
kind
.
At
the
same
time
he
had
been
thinking
all
this
while
that
with
his
own
resources
hypothecated
as
they
were
,
he
could
do
nothing
.
Or
,
if
he
did
it
meant
the
loss
of
Hortense
.
He
dared
not
.
And
yet
what
reasonable
excuse
could
he
give
his
mother
for
not
helping
her
a
little
,
considering
especially
the
clothes
he
wore
,
and
the
manner
in
which
he
had
been
running
here
and
there
,
always
giving
the
excuse
of
working
,
but
probably
not
deceiving
her
as
much
as
he
thought
.
To
be
sure
,
only
two
months
before
,
he
had
obligated
himself
to
pay
her
ten
dollars
a
week
more
for
five
weeks
,
and
had
.
But
that
only
proved
to
her
very
likely
that
he
had
so
much
extra
to
give
,
even
though
he
had
tried
to
make
it
clear
at
the
time
that
he
was
pinching
himself
to
do
it
.
And
yet
,
however
much
he
chose
to
waver
in
her
favor
,
he
could
not
,
with
his
desire
for
Hortense
directly
confronting
him
.
He
went
out
into
the
living-room
after
a
time
,
and
as
usual
his
mother
at
once
led
the
way
to
one
of
the
benches
in
the
mission
--
a
cheerless
,
cold
room
these
days
.
"
I
did
n't
think
I
'd
have
to
speak
to
you
about
this
,
Clyde
,
but
I
do
n't
see
any
other
way
out
of
it
.
I
have
n't
anyone
but
you
to
depend
upon
now
that
you
're
getting
to
be
a
man
.
But
you
must
promise
not
to
tell
any
of
the
others
--
Frank
or
Julia
or
your
father
.
I
do
n't
want
them
to
know
.
But
Esta
's
back
here
in
Kansas
City
and
in
trouble
,
and
I
do
n't
know
quite
what
to
do
about
her
.
I
have
so
very
little
money
to
do
with
,
and
your
father
's
not
very
much
of
a
help
to
me
any
more
.
"
She
passed
a
weary
,
reflective
hand
across
her
forehead
and
Clyde
knew
what
was
coming
.
His
first
thought
was
to
pretend
that
he
did
not
know
that
Esta
was
in
the
city
,
since
he
had
been
pretending
this
way
for
so
long
.
But
now
,
suddenly
,
in
the
face
of
his
mother
's
confession
,
and
the
need
of
pretended
surprise
on
his
part
,
if
he
were
to
keep
up
the
fiction
,
he
said
,
"
Yes
,
I
know
.
"
"
You
know
?
"
queried
his
mother
,
surprised
.
