Американская трагедия

Chapter 22

           AlsothatfromnopointoutsideMoonCove,unlessneartheentrance,couldoneobserveanyboatwithinthecove.Theentrancewasnarrowandanyviewfromthelakepropercompletelyblocked.Andtherewereotherwitnessestoprovethis.

           Atthispsychologicalmoment,astheafternoonsunwasalreadybeginningtowaneinthetall,narrowcourtroom,andascarefullyplannedbyhimbeforehand,Mason’sreadingallofRoberta’sletters,onebyone,inamostsimpleandnondeclamatoryfashion,yetwithallthesympathyandemotionwhichtheirfirstperusalhadstirredinhim.Theyhadmadehimcry.

           Hebeganwithletternumberone,datedJuneeighth,onlythreedaysafterherdeparturefromLycurgus,andonthroughthemalldowntolettersfourteen,fifteen,sixteenandseventeen,inwhich,inpiecemealorbyimportantreferenceshereandthere,sherelatedherwholecontactwithClydedowntohisplantocomeforherinthreeweeks,theninamonth,thenonJulyeighthorninth,andthenthesuddenthreatfromherwhichprecipitatedhissuddendecisiontomeetheratFonda.AndasMasonreadthem,allmostmovingly,themoisteyesandthehandkerchiefsandthecoughsintheaudienceandamongthejurorsattestedtheirimport:

           "YousaidIwasnottoworryorthinksomuchabouthowIfeel,andhaveagoodtime.That’sallrightforyoutosay,whenyou’reinLycurgusandsurroundedbyyourfriendsandinvitedeverywhere.

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