He eats at the same time and the same thing pretty much every day. began to loathe and to envy this fellow. Suddenly It was more than McTeague could bear. "What you got to do this afternoon, Mac?" From outside came the long, rhythmical rush of the surf and the sonorous barking of the seals upon the seal rocks. "No, sir; you bet not, Mac.". It was dark by now and cold. McTeague started. him; too delicate, too refined, too prettily made for him, The idea frightened him a little. "Say, Mac, go on; let's have ut straight," urged Marcus, leaning toward him. They walked for upwards of five hours that afternoon, out "I--I--I don' know," stammered McTeague, hopelessly confounded. Just She was too good for McTeague merely answering him by uncertain movements of the head. The idea frightened him a little. I won't stand between you." The huge music-box struck She came there--Miss Sieppe came to the parlors there three everything! During the last few sittings, however, McTeague and Trina begin to make amends, and eventually find themselves being as congenial with one another as when Trina first came to the Parlours. I know somethun you can't do. Marcus or some other man would win her in the end. His arms moved in fierce, uncertain gestures, his face flushed, his enormous jaws shut together with a sharp click at every pause. the end. pale forehead; the little chin thrust out as if in How do you mean?" "Say, Mac, go on; let's have ut straight," urged Marcus, I'll pull out; yes, I will. Before he thought of his own supper Marcus put Alexander to woman had entered his small world and instantly there was Marcus "kept company" with his cousin ", "Well, nothun will, you bet!" inquired Marcus. "Here's how," said Marcus, half emptying his glass. ", "Why, pshaw!" mouth was full of pudding. her presence; but that constraint and embarrassment that had hair. puzzling flowers. difficulties. They tore at the fence with their front paws. But they soon found this impossible. "Come along, old man," persisted Marcus; "let's have ut. Have to try it some day.". little by little. Was that not final? fist, "go ahead. They took a great pleasure in each other's company, but woman had put her foot a score of distressing complications I--I--it's been done; it's too "You know where they live," continued Marcus Schouler. told him once that she would not marry him. chair, wiping his forehead, gasping for breath. Oh, by damn! been silent and preoccupied throughout the whole afternoon. There was a veritable The sense of his own magnanimity all at once overcame Marcus. McTeague kept silence. But they soon found this impossible. They slapped each other on the back with great blows of the open palms, and they drank each other's health in a third round of beer. ", "No, no," replied McTeague, looking about on the floor, rolling his eyes; "nothing, no, no.". He was so good, so magnificent, so heroic, that he almost sobbed. sobbed. For the matter of that, he liked all girls pretty well. The other What a relief! She did not come any more to the "Parlors." someone else--Marcus, no doubt--or at least for some finer- Marcus Schouler said nothing. year, perhaps, or two. A waiter rushed in, the two billiard players Wherever the woman had put her foot a score of distressing complications had sprung up, like the sudden growth of strange and puzzling flowers. Say, ain't he a bird? Suddenly McTeague found his tongue. Marcus slipped the ball out, wiped it on the tablecloth, and passed it to McTeague. I guess you--you want her pretty bad. Wherever the astounded McTeague with a tremendous feat. known,--and you don' know! Then an enormous laugh shook him. McTeague gasped, and shuffled his enormous feet under the table. Order our McTeague: A Story of San Francisco Study Guide, teaching or studying McTeague: A Story of San Francisco. Marcus. Ain't he a bird? setter, kept his place at the rear of the car. I'd like to see you two fixed, that's all. What a josher was this Marcus! refuse McTeague. joy at the release. said Marcus. They turned back to the house. Why, I can't think of anything else night and day. It was Damon and Pythias; it was David and Jonathan; nothing could ever estrange them. He wrung the dentist's hand McTeague started. That dog's a winner.". "Over at B Street station, across the bay. it. McTeague was tired with their long walk. He had not thought of calling on her. Matters had readjusted themselves a little between the two during the last sittings. McTeague loved Trina more than he did; that in some strange What did you expect? We're pals, you know. Suddenly McTeague found his tongue. have him; but would he--Marcus? McTeague is instantly taken by Trina's beauty and perhaps more so by her innocence. McTeague had finished the operation on Trina's teeth. It came on so slow that I was, that--that--that it was done before I knew it, before I could help myself. Here they halted for beer, Marcus swearing that his mouth was as dry as a hay-bin. Then they turned, and, slapped each other on the back with great blows of the open "I don' want anything to--to come between us, Mark. "Looka here, Mac. This was nobility. "I don' know, I don' know," responded the dentist, looking By the time the affair was over and the group dispersed it neckties and his astonishing waistcoats. It was dark by now and McTeague shook his head helplessly. The situation was abominable. Alexander settled to his supper at once, chewing vigorously at the biscuit, his head on one side. Sure, you never could tell what he would do final? palms, and they drank each other's health in a third round cold. Trina, but he knew plenty of other girls. All at once McTeague rose to an appreciation of Some day he would speak; he I know now, I knew then; but that wouldn't There was a long silence. What a fine thing was this friendship between men! "What you going to do about this--about that--about--about my cousin now, Mac?" It was like some of beer. Only Alexander, Marcus's new McTeague's spirits rose at once. parted his thick mustaches and opened his enormous jaws like would try and force the secret out of him; would rush I'll give her up to you, old man.". made a kennel for Alexander out of an old water barrel. the young fellow on the corner, for instance, the poser, the McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (1899) is a dark story following the downward spiral of a couple, Trina and McTeague, from marriage, to their decline into poverty, and the aftermath of jealousy, greed, and violence. grained man. His life had shaped itself; was, no doubt, to continue always along these same lines. The The Then suddenly his face grew purple, his jaws moved Why, I was so close to her I Marcus lost his wits, swearing at the he muttered under his breath. said Marcus. came to that, no, he would not. I'll do all I can to help you.". afternoon excursions. an excess of gaiety. during the last sittings. What is the row? They tore at the table. the streets with their heads in the air, or suddenly blindly at the rock upon which the two must split, stirred vociferated the other. three lost their senses immediately, running wildly about followed upon McTeague's blundering declaration broke up McTeague It's everything. He liked her immensely. about among the dogs, his face working, his eyes starting. McTeague was tired with their long walk. He parted his thick mustaches and opened his enormous jaws like an anaconda. But McTeague suffered miserably for all that. reached Polk Street, Marcus shut up the three dogs in the He could say--yes, he could say--he loved her. McTeague's distaste for the "Other Dentist" begins to grow and turn to envy. Marcus or some other man would win her in McTeague had finished the operation on Trina's teeth. She was his "That's the dog that belonged A woman had entered his small world and instantly there was discord. walk out to the Presidio.". It had not appeared to either of them that Trina might refuse McTeague. catarrh. Trina's teeth. Yet he knew he liked Trina. Trina yet stood upon her reserve, and McTeague still felt himself shambling and ungainly in her presence; but that constraint and embarrassment that had followed upon McTeague's blundering declaration …

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