Американская трагедия

Chapter 22

           

           Andatonceallthenewspapermenandfeaturewritersandartistsrisingandwhisperingtoeachotherthatonthemorrowthedefensewouldstart,andwonderingastowhoandwherethewitnesseswere,alsowhetherClydewouldbepermittedtogoonthestandinhisowndefenseinthefaceofthisamazingmassofevidenceagainsthim,orwhetherhislawyerswouldcontentthemselveswithsomespeciousargumentastomentalandmoralweaknesswhichmightendinprisonforlife—notless.

           AndClyde,hissedandcursedasheleftthecourt,wonderingifonthemorrow,andastheyhadplannedthislongtimesince,hewouldhavethecouragetoriseandgoonthestand—wonderingiftherewasnotsomeway,incasenoonewaslooking(hewasnothandcuffedashewenttoandfromthejail)maybeto-morrownightwhenallwererising,thecrowdsmovingandthesedeputiescomingtowardhim—if—well,ifhecouldonlyrun,orwalkeasilyandquietlyandyet,quicklyandseeminglyunintentionally,tothatstairandthendownandout—to—well—towhereveritwent—thatsmallsidedoortothemainstairswhichbeforethishehadseenfromthejail!Ifhecouldonlygettosomewoodssomewhere,andthenwalkandwalk,orrunandrun,maybe,withoutstopping,andwithouteating,fordaysmaybe,until,well,untilhehadgottenaway—anywhere.Itwasachance,ofcourse.Hemightbeshot,ortrackedwithdogsandmen,butstillitwasachance,wasn’tit?

           Forthiswayhehadnochanceatall

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