The Fractiousness of a Man

"I always had the impression that he approved of me and wanted me to like him with some harsh, defiant wisfulness of his own," says Tom Buchanan. "You could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat." The two men were members of New Haven's senior society; Demaine was an oilman who lived in Connecticut. They met for dinner atDemaine's house on Long Island but never got close.