Американская трагедия

Chapter 17

           AndwhilerowingonthelakeontheafternoonofJulyeighth,ataboutsixo’clock,shehadheardacrywhichsoundedlikethatofawomanorgirlindistressaplaintive,mournfulcry.Itwasveryfaintandhadseemedtocomefrombeyondtheislandwhichwastothesouthandwestofthebayinwhichtheywerefishing.

           Masonnowproposedtoremainabsolutelysilentregardingthisinformation,andthataboutthecameraandfilmsandthedataregardingClyde’soffenseinKansasCity,untilnearerthedayoftrial,orduringthetrialitself,whenitwouldbeimpossibleforthedefensetoattempteithertorefuteorameliorateitinanyway.

           AsforBelknapandJephson,apartfromdrillingClydeinthematterofhisgeneraldenialbasedonhischangeofheartoncehehadarrivedatGrassLake,andtheexplanationofthetwohatsandthebag,theycouldnotseethattherewasmuchtodo.True,therewasthesuitthrowninFourthLakeneartheCranstons’,butaftermuchtrollingonthepartofaseeminglycasualfisherman,thatwasbroughtup,cleanedandpressed,andnowhunginalockedclosetintheBelknapandJephsonoffice.Also,therewasthecameraatBigBittern,divedforbutneverfoundbythemacircumstancewhichledJephsontoconcludethatMasonmusthaveit,andsocausedhimtodecidethathewouldrefertoitattheearliestpossibleopportunityatthetrial.

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