Американская трагедия

Chapter 18

           

           Yetwiththeiteratedandreiteratedthought,basedontheseeminglyirreparableandirreconcilablelossofSondra,astowhetheritwaspossibleforhimtogoonwiththis—makethis,asheattimessawit,almostuselessfight.

           Attimes,inthemiddleofthenightorjustbeforedawn,withalltheprisonsilent—dreams—aghastlypictureofallthathemostfearedandthatdispelledeverytraceofcourageanddrovehiminstantlytohisfeet,hisheartpoundingwildly,hiseyesstrained,acolddampuponhisfaceandhands.Thatchair,somewhereintheStatepenitentiary.Hehadreadofit—howmendiedinit.Andthenhewouldwalkupanddown,thinkinghow,how,incaseitdidnotcomeaboutasJephsonfeltsosurethatitwould—incasehewasconvictedandanewtrialrefused—then,well—then,mightonebeabletobreakoutofsuchajailasthis,maybe,andrunaway?Theseoldbrickwalls.Howthickwerethey?Butwasitpossiblethatwithahammerorastone,orsomethingthatsomeonemightbringhim—hisbrotherFrank,orhissisterJulia,orRatterer,orHegglund—ifonlyhecouldgetincommunicationwithsomeoneofthemandgethimorhertobringhimsomethingofthekind—Ifonlyhecouldgetasaw,tosawthosebars!Andthenrun,run,asheshouldhaveinthosewoodsuptherethattime!Buthow?Andwhither?

           

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