american tragedy

Chapter 58 (1)
Chapter 224 (1)
This chance encounter was powerfully destructive in many ways.Although he can get comfort and satisfaction from Roberta, his social status and future here are again before him.Strange to say, the problem was caused by a girl from the upper class.For Clyde, Sandra Finchley is the most embodying and prominently expressing everything about the upper class.Her pretty face, her pretty dress, her joyful, dignified manner! If only she could have noticed her the first time they met! Of course, it would be nice to have his attention now.

As for his relationship with Roberta, since it is the current situation, it is not enough to offset the attractiveness of a girl like Sandra and her.If you imagine, the Wemblinger Finchley Electric Vacuum Cleaner Company is one of the largest manufacturing industries here.The towering chimneys and imposing walls stand on the banks of the Mohawk River, so majestic.Besides, Finchley's house on Wakekey Street was near Griffiths, and was the nicest in the row.That row is all the latest and most elegant, a combination of Italian Renaissance marble and Dutch sandstone.The mention of this family is enviable.Oh, how wonderful it would be to be more intimate with this perfect princess! How wonderful it would be to win her heart and enter the upper class! He is also Griffith, and Gilbert Is Griffiths as handsome? If he's that rich, isn't he just as imposing? If only he could dress up like Gilbert Griffiths and drive around in a nice car, sit like him How nice it would be to drive around in a nice car! If that was the case, he was sure that such a girl would like him, maybe even fall in love with him.But now, he was unhappy, he could only wait.

Damn it! He wasn't going to Roberta's tonight.He might as well make up an excuse and tell her in the morning that his uncle or cousin had sent him off to do something.Since he is in such a state of mind, he is not in the mood to go.

The money, beauty, and status that he wants to get have such a great influence on his character that is like running water.

As far as Sandra was concerned, when she thought of her contact with Clyde afterwards, and thought of him like this, there was really no other word to describe her except admiration, and her heart really moved, especially because he was with his cousin. Brother's domineering attitude formed a stark contrast.His clothes, his demeanor, and what he said about his position in the factory seemed to indicate that he was stronger than she thought, but she also thought that although she had been with Bella all summer Walking together, I ran into Gilbert, Myra and their parents from time to time, but never heard a word of Clyde.All she knew of him was what Mrs. Griffiths had said, that he was their poor nephew, that his husband had brought him from the West to do him a good favor.But when she observed Clyde this time, she felt that he didn't seem to be so embarrassed or cumbersome. On the contrary, she found him quite chic and interesting, and he seemed to be trying to be picked by herself.And in a sense it was Gilbert's cousin, a member of the Griffith family, which was quite glorious.

She later came to the Dubles, whose central figure was Douglas Dubles, a lawyer of some renown, whose wife had died.He is also a speculator in this area, and since his daughter and himself are quite capable and popular with the upper class, she hastened to report the news to Jerre Duble, the eldest of the lawyer's two daughters: " Do you know? Today I know something interesting." Then he told her everything about the situation just now.Jell seemed to find it very interesting, and after dinner, he told the other girl in the Duble family, Gertrude, and the only son Tracy.

"Ah! yeah," said Tracy Double, who was an apprentice at his father's office, "I'll say for sure. I've run into him three or four times on Central Road. He looks like Jill, doesn't he?" ? Not as glamorous as he is. I greeted him this summer and thought it was Jill!"

"Oh, I've seen him too," said Gertrude too. "He sometimes wears a hat and a belted coat like Gilbert's, doesn't he? Ah, Rabe Well, Stark pointed it out to me once. Jere and I saw him walk past Stark's one Saturday afternoon, and I thought he was prettier than Jill."

This strengthened Sandra's mind about Clyde, and she went on, "Bettina Cranston and I also met him at the Griffiths' house one evening this spring. At that time, I thought He's very shy. But I hope you'll get to know him by now, he's very gentle and has pretty eyes."

"Ah, listen to me, Sandra," said Jere Duble.Besides Bettina and Bella, she is the closest to Sandra among the girls here, because she went to school with her at the Snatke School, "I know there is a person who will hear you say that." Jealous."

"Jill Griffiths doesn't like being told his cousin is prettier than him," echoed Tracy Double. "Ah, what if...".

"Ah, he," Sandra snorted impatiently. "How great he thinks he is. I'll bet it's because of him that the Griffiths don't want to hang out with his cousin. Now that I think about it, the more I think it must be. Bella Of course I would, because I heard her say so this spring, she said he was very handsome. As for Myra, she would not offend anyone. If any of us takes him sometime, treat him, naturally It's fun to see what happens to him, isn't it, just for fun. See how the Griffiths are doing. I know very well that Griffiths, Myra, Bella are nothing, but Jill's going to be pissed. I can't stand out because I know Bella very well. But there's one person I know would be perfect, and they don't dare say a word." She paused, thinking Thinking of Bettina Cranston, and how much she disliked Jill and Mrs. Griffiths. "I don't know if he can dance, ride a horse, play tennis or something like that." When she said this, she thought it was interesting, and she thought about it, and everyone around her looked at her.Jere Duble, a girl as restless and impatient as she was, but not so pretty and charming, said: "Isn't this going to be a prank? You see, the Griffiths won't be mad." die?"

"So what if they're angry!" Sandra went on, "they've got something to do but ignore him! Besides, I want to know who cares about them, not the guy who hired him."

"Well, you guys, you're trying to start a scene in town, aren't you?" interposed Tracy Double, "I'm sure what's going to happen. Gilbert Griffiths You will never be happy, you all don’t worry. If I were him, I would be unhappy too, if you want to hurt everyone’s feelings on purpose, then you can do your own thing, but I will never do this, unforeseen consequences!”

Sandra Finreich was born that way, and such thoughts suited her best.However, although she thought this idea was interesting at the time, if it wasn't for the later events, she wouldn't have taken any specific actions. Xia and Arabella Stark also mentioned this matter.This secret meeting, and the discussion of Gilbert Griffiths, reached him at last, but through Constance Vernan.There was a lot of talk in the town that he and she were going to get married, Constance had hoped that Jill would marry her, and now that Sandra was interested in Clyde, and she said he was prettier than Gilbert, Just very angry.

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