The game . CHAPTER II Genevieve and Joe were working-classaristocrats. In an environment made uplargely of sordidness and wretchedness theyhad kept themselves unsullied and whole-some. Theirs was a self-respect, a regardfor the niceties and clean things of life,which had held them aloof from their did not come to them easily; norhad either ever possessed a really intimatefriend, a heart-companion with whom to 45 46 THE GAME chum and have things in common. Thesocial instinct was strong in them, yet theyhad remained lonely because they could notsatisfy that instinct and at that same
The game . CHAPTER II Genevieve and Joe were working-classaristocrats. In an environment made uplargely of sordidness and wretchedness theyhad kept themselves unsullied and whole-some. Theirs was a self-respect, a regardfor the niceties and clean things of life,which had held them aloof from their did not come to them easily; norhad either ever possessed a really intimatefriend, a heart-companion with whom to 45 46 THE GAME chum and have things in common. Thesocial instinct was strong in them, yet theyhad remained lonely because they could notsatisfy that instinct and at that same timesatisfy their desire for cleanness and de-cency. If ever a girl of the working class hadled the sheltered life, it was Genevieve. Inthe midst of roughness and brutahty, shehad shunned all that was rough and saw but what she chose to see, and shechose always to see the best, avoidingcoarseness and uncouthness without effort,as a matter of instinct. To begin with, shehad been peculiarly unexpo
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