And, nodding with exaggerated amiability, they passed out
The blood rushed to my face as though she had slapped it. I stood
petrified.
"It's all because of Mrs. Kalch's tongue, confound her!" I thought.
"To-morrow I shall be in Tannersville and this trifling incident will
be forgotten." But at this I became aware that I did not care to go
to Tannersville and that the prospect of seeing Fanny had lost its
attraction for me. I went back to the counter and attempted to
resume my conversation with the clerk, but he was a handsome
fellow, which was one of his chief qualifications for the place,
and so I soon found myself in the midst of a bevy of girls and
married women. However, they all seemed to know that I was a
desirable match and they gradually transferred their attentions to
me, the girls in their own interests and the older matrons in those
of their marriageable daughters. Their crude amenities sickened
me. One middle-aged woman tried to monopolize me by a
confidential talk concerning the social inferiority of the Catskills
"The food is good here," she said, in English.
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