Clyde promoted because he is family. Staying at low job is unsuitable and makes his uncle look bad. Also the uncle likes him. This is not true of his cousin Gilbert who sees Clyde as a rival and makes it clear that Clyde is not really "fit" to be in the family. Clyde wants to divorce himself from dis "low " friends, but the sex appeal of girls like Rita will be hard to defeat. He is put in charge of the "stamping" part of the factory, a room peopled entirely by young girls. Clyde tries not to be interested, but he is young and male and girls are throwing themselves at him. So . . .
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Excellent start . . . orphaned girl with a knack for chess, taught by janitor, harsh orphanage despite its courtly look.
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