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… thing that most interested Clyde at first was how, if at all, he was to keep . . . major portion of all this money he was making for himself. For ever since he had been working and earning . . . money, it had been assumed that he would contribute . . . fair portion of all that he receded toward . . . upkeep of ... home. But now, if he announced that he was receiving at least twenty-five dollars . . . week apart from … salary of fifteen . . . month and board his parents would assuredly expect him to pay ten or twelve.

But so long had he been haunted by ... desire to make himself as attractive -looking as any other well-dressed boy that, now that he had … opportunity, he could not resist . . . temptation to equip himself first and as speedily as possible. Accordingly, he decided to say to his mother that all of ... tips he received aggregated no more than . . .dollar . . . day. And, in order to give himself greater freedom of action in . . . matter of disposing of his spare time, he announced that frequently in addition to. . . long hours demanded of him every other day, he was expected to take .

. . place of other boys who were sick or set to doing other things. And also, he explained that . . .

management demanded of all ... boys that they look well outside as well as inside . . . hotel. He could not long be seen coming to ... hotel in ... clothes that he now wore: Mr. Squires, he said, had hinted as much. But, as if to soften . . .blow, one of ... boys at ... hotel had told .him of ... place where he could procure quite all ... things that he needed on time.

(An American Tragedy, Th. Dreiser)