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First published
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An
Ordinary
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Secrets
Girl
1
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A
Man
with No
Profession
For Love
or
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Chapter
1
An
Ordinary
Girl
Many
years
ago
in
the
city of
New York, there
lived
a
doctor.
America
likes
doctors
and
NewYork
liked
Dr
Sloper.At
the
time
our
story
begins,
in
1843,
Dr
Sloper
was
fifry
years
old.
He
was
a
good
doctor,
he was
a
man
of
the
world,
and he
was
honest.
Life
was
good
to
him.
At
twenry-seven he
married
a
beautiful
and
clever
girl.
She
had pretty
eyes,
ten
thousand dollars
and
a
good
place
in
sociery.
For
five
years
Dr
Sloper
was
a
happy
man.
Many
of
his
wifet
friends
came
to
him
and
he did well
in
his
proGssion.
They lived
in
a
large
house in Washington
Square
-
a
quiet corner
in
a
noisy
city.
Their first
child,
a
very
clever
little
boy,
died when he
was
three.
His
mother's
love
and
his
father's profession
did
not
help
him.
Two
years
later,
Mrs
Sloper had a second
child,
a girl.
The
doctor did not want
a
girl.
But
this
was
not
the
worst.Two
weeks
later,
Mrs
Sloper
died.
The
little
girl's
name was
Catherine.
She
was
strong.
Her
father
was
not
afraid
of
losing
her.
When
the
child
was
ten
years
old,
Dr
Sloper
asked
his
sister,
Mrs
Lavinia Penniman,
to
come
and
stay
with
them.
Mr
Penniman,
a
churchman
without a
penny,
died when
Mrs
Penniman
was
thirty-three.
She
had
no children
and
no
money.
'Stay
for
six
months,'he
said.
'I
will
look for
a
flat,'she
said. She
moved
into
her
brother's
house and never
went
away
again.
Mrs
Penniman
told
everybody
that the
child
wanted
a
clever
woman
near
her.
Dr
Sloper
did
not
think
his
sister
was
clever,
but
he
was
always
very
polite
to
her
and
never
angry.
They
didnt
speak
much.
He
gave
her
his
opinions about Catherine's schooling
and
not
much
more.
Catherine
was
very
good
and honest,
but
she was
not pretfy
or
clever. She was
quiet.
She
loved
her
father
and
was
very
afraid
of
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him.
She was happy
when her
father
was
h"ppy.The
doctor
wanted
to
be proud
of
her,
but
he
wasn't.
FIe
was
sometimes
angry
because
his
only child
was
ordinary.
t
When
she
was eighteen,
Catherine
was
a
quiet
young
woman,
but
she
began
to
wear
strong,
noisy
colours.
Dr
Sioper
did
not
like
her
new
dresses.
He thought
she was
vulgar.
One
day,
Catherine's
other
aunt,
Mrs
Almond,
asked
a
lot
of
people
to
her
house.
Mrs
Almond
was
the
younger
of
Dr
Sloper's
two
sisters.
She was
the
wife of
a
rich
ciry man
and
the
mother
of
nine
children.
She was
pretty,
hrppy
and clever, and
her
brother
liked
her.
When
he
wanted
to
talk
about
Catherine,
he
went
to
her
and
not to
Mrs
Penniman.
Catherine
was close
to
her
aunt's children.
There were
seven
boys and
two
girls.The
older
girl
married young.The
younger
girl,
called
Marian, soon
decided
to
marry
too.
She
found
a
young man
called
Arthur
Townsend.
And
so the
Almonds
asked
everybody
to
the
house.
a
Mrs
Penniman
and
Catherine
arrived
at
the
Almonds'.
The
doctor
planned
to
come
later.
Soon after
the
dancing
started,
Marian
Almond
brought
a
tall
young
man over
to
Catherine.
'Catherine, this
is
Mr
MorrisTownsend.
He
is
from
the
same
family
as
Arthur!
FIe
wants
to
meet
you very much!'
Marian
Almond
was
a
pretty
woman.
At
seventeeri
she
moved
easily
in
sociery. She
left
Catherine
and
Mr
Townsend together.
Catherine
looked
at
the young
man.
He
was
very
handsome.
'What
can
I
say
to
this
handsome
man?'thought
Catherine.
But
'Catherine,
this
is
MorrisTbwnsend,' said
Marian.'He
wants
to
meet
you
uery
much!'
MrTownsend
began
to
talk
to
her
with
an
easy
smile.
'What
a
nice
evening!
What
a
beautiful
housel
'What
an
interesting
family!'What
a
pretty
girl
Marian isl'
He
looked
into
Catherine's
eyes.
She said
nothing.
He
talked
and
she
listened
and
looked
at
him.The
dancing
began again.
He
asked
her
to
dance and
she gave
him
her
arm.
After
the
dance,
her
face
was
red
and
she was
hot.
'We'll sit
and talk,'
said
Mr
Townsend.
But
he
talked
and
Catherine
listened.
Catherine
sat
back.
She
thought
he
was
very
clever.'This is
my first visit
to
Mrs
Almondt,'
he
said.'And
my
first visit
to
NewYork for
many
years.
I
lived
here
when
I
was
a
child
but
I
left
when
I
was
twenty.
I
went round the world.
I
came
back
to
NewYork
only
a
month
ago.
It
is a
nice ciry
but
I
don't know
anybody.
You
see,
people
forget
you,'
he
said
and
smiled
at
Catherine.
did
not
always
understand her
father's
words.
'I'm
not
handsome,'she
said,
quietly.
'You're
richl'
he said.'Is the evening
going well?'
'I'm
rather
tired,'she
answered and
looked
away.That evening
was
the
beginning
of something
important for
Catherine. For the
second
time
in
her
life
and
in
one
evening,
she
did
not
speak the
truth.
She was
not tired.They
drove home.
Dr
Sloper spoke
to
his
sister,
Lavinia.
'-Who
was
the
young
man
who
spoke
of
his
love
for you?'
'Oh,Austin,'
said
Mrs
Penniman.
She
smiled.'He
spoke
to
me
of
Catherine.'
'Oh,Aunt
Penniman,'
Catherine cried
out, quietly.
'He's very
handsome. He's
very
clever,'said her
aunt.
'He's
in
love
with
our
expensive
Catherine,
then?'the
doctor
asked.
He
laughed.
Catherine thought,'1'l/
never
forget you.'
They
sat
there
for
some
time.They
laughed
together.
He
asked
her
about
the
people near
them.
He
gave
his opinions
about
them.
She
thought he
was
very
honest.
Then Marian Almond
came
back
and
took
MrTownsend
away
to
her mother.
''We'll meet again,'he
said
to
Catherine.
Marian
came
back
and
took
Catherine's
arm.They
walked
round
the
room
togerher:
'What
do
you
think
of
Morris?'she
said.
For the
first time
in
her
life
Catherine
did
not tell
the
truth.
'Oh, nothing
much,'she
answered.
'I'll
tell
him
that!'
cried
Marian.'It
will
be good
for him.
He
has a
very good
opinion of Morris
Townsend!
Arthur
says
that,
andArthur
knows
him.'
Half
an
hour
later,
Catherine
saw
her
Aunt
Penniman near
a
window Morris
Townsend stood
next
to
her.
Then
Dr
Sloper
arrived.
He
usually had
a
little
srnile
on
his
face,
but
never
a
big
smile.
He looked
at
his
daughter's
red
dress.
'Can
this
handsome
woman
be
my child?'he
asked.
Catherine
'I
don't know
that.
But
he
liked her
dress.'
Catherine did
not
think,'My
dress
only?'She thought what
a
warrn
and
rich
thing
to
say.
'You
see,'
said
her father.'He
thinks
she has
eighty
thousand
dollars.'
'In
nry opinion,
he
doesn't
think
of
that;
he's
not
a
vulgar
man,'
said
Mrs
Penniman.
'The
time
is
here,'the doctor thought.'Lavinia
is
going
to
get
a
lover
for
Catherine.
I'm
sorry
for
the
girl.'
Chapter
2 A
Man
with No
Profession
Three or
four
days
later,
Morris
Townsend,
together
with
Arthur
Townsend, visited
Washington
Square.
'Arthur
is
going
to
marry
my
sister's
daughter,
Marian,
so
the
polite thing is for
Arthur to
visit me,'Aunt
Penniman
said
to
Catherine before
they
came.

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