Американская трагедия

Chapter 20

           Also,indoingthis,hepausedtotellthejuryofClyde’swell-conceivedplanofhidinghisidentity,thevariousfalseregistrations,thetwohats.HerealsoheexplainedthatonthetrainbetweenFondaandUtica,asagainbetweenUticaandGrassLake,hehadnotriddeninthesamecarwithRoberta.Andthenheannounced:

           "Don’tforget,gentlemen,thatalthoughhehadpreviouslyindicatedtoRobertathatthiswastobetheirweddingjourney,hedidnotwantanybodytoknowthathewaswithhisprospectivebrideno,notevenaftertheyhadreachedBigBittern.Forhewasseeking,nottomarrybuttofindawildernessinwhichtosnuffoutthelifeofthisgirlofwhomhehadtired.Butdidthatpreventhim,twenty-fourandforty-eighthoursbeforethattime,fromholdingherinhisarmsandrepeatingthepromiseshehadnointentionofkeeping?Didit?Iwillshowyoutheregistersofthetwohotelsinwhichtheystayed,andwhere,becauseoftheirassumedapproachingmarriage,theyoccupiedasingleroomtogether.Yettheonlyreasonitwasforty-eightinsteadoftwenty-fourhourswasthathehadmadeamistakeinregardtothesolitudeofGrassLake.Findingitbriskwithlife,thecenterofasummerreligiouscolony,hedecidedtoleaveandgotoBigBittern,whichwasmorelonely.Andsoyouhavetheastoundingandbitterspectacle,gentlemen,ofasupposedlyinnocentandhighlymisunderstoodyoungmandraggingthiswearyandheart-sickgirlfromplacetoplace,inordertofindalakedesertedenoughinwhichtodrownher.

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