The House Book 1: 7 and 8

The seventh chapter starts off a little slow beginning with the talk and chit chat of the woman, but later on we begin to find some things out when Gus and Lily are talking.  Lily admits to him that she is stuck in a place that she does not know how to get out of.  She is being pressured by Judy to marry Gryce, but we find out that she cannot make that kind of marriage. “I can’t make that kind of marriage; it’s impossible”(Wharton, 67). This comes at a very large surprise also when she says that she cannot afford anything either.  Poor Lily really is stuck between wanting money but not wanting a dull man such as Gryce as her husband.  Once again she feels as if she is in a constant cat and mouse game.  She feels a little relief after Gus suggests the stock market but I feel as though she is aware that only temporary relief awaits her at this point.
Chapter eight, ohhh chapter eight. The chapter starts out by saying she is receiving a thousand dollar check!   Lily seems to have found a good source of income for the time being, but with major drawbacks as a cost.  Mr. Trenor begins acting a little different and asks Lily to act a little "different" around Mr. Rosedale as to gain his favor.  However, what about this Gryce figure? Hes shy, reclusive, and not exactly the most social figure. He's what I describe as a lost puppy. Yet, he's still the one that Lily feels will deliver what she wants.  But at the end of the chapter, we see that this reclusive man has run off to be engaged to another woman!  Gryce is a mystery that I feel has more to reveal. So much for that shy guy!