Американская трагедия

Chapter 12

           AndontheirpublicationawaveofhatredforClydeaswellasawaveofpityforher—thepoor,lonely,countrygirlwhohadhadnoonebuthim—andhecruel,faithless—amurderereven.Wasnothangingtoogoodforhim?ForenroutetoandfromBearLake,aswellassince,Masonhadporedovertheseletters.Andbecauseofcertainintenselymovingpassagesrelatingtoherhomelife,hergloomydistressastoherfuture,herevidentlonelinessandwearinessofheart,hehadbeengreatlymoved,andlaterhadbeenabletoconveythisfeelingtoothers—hiswifeandHeitandthelocalnewspapermen.SomuchsothatthelatterinparticularweresendingfromBridgeburgvivid,ifsomewhatdistorted,descriptionsofClyde,hissilence,hismoodiness,andhishard-heartedness.

           AndthenaparticularlyromanticyoungreporterfromTheStar,ofUticaarrivingatthehomeoftheAldens,therewasimmediatelygiventotheworldafairlyaccuratepictureofthewearyanddefeatedMrs.Alden,who,tooexhaustedtoprotestorcomplain,merelycontentedherselfwithasincereandgraphicpictureofRoberta’sdevotiontoherparents,hersimplewaysofliving,hermodesty,morality,religiousdevotion—howoncethelocalpastoroftheMethodistChurchhadsaidthatshewasthebrightestandprettiestandkindestgirlhehadeverknown,andhowforyearsbeforeleavinghomeshehadbeenashermother’sownrighthand.

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