Американская трагедия

Chapter 28

           

           Butafterthisonebriefcolorfulflightintheopensincehisarrest,pastthesewaitingthrongsandoverwintersunlitfieldsandhillsofsnowthatremindedhimofLycurgus,Sondra,Roberta,andallthathehadsokaleidoscopicallyandfatallyknowninthetwentymonthsjustpast,thegrayandrestrainingwallsofAuburnitself—with,oncehewaspresentedtoaclerkinthewarden’sofficeandhisnameandcrimeenteredinthebooks—himselfassignedtotwoassistants,whosawtoitthathewasgivenaprisonbathandhaircut—allthewavy,blackhairhesomuchadmiredcutaway—aprison-stripeduniformandhideouscapofthesamematerial,prisonunderwearandheavygrayfeltshoestoquiettherestlessprisontreadinwhichintimehemightindulge,togetherwiththenumber,77221.

           Andsoaccoutered,immediatelytransferredtothedeathhouseproper,whereinacellonthegroundfloorhewasnowlocked—asquarishlightcleanspace,eightbytenfeetinsizeandfittedwithsanitaryplumbingaswellasacotbed,atable,achairandasmallrackforbooks.Andherethen,whilehebarelysensedthattherewereothercellsabouthim—rangingupanddownawidehall—hefirststood—andthenseatedhimself—nownolongerbuoyedbythemoreintimateandsociablelifeofthejailatBridgeburg—orthosestrangethrongsandscenesthathadpunctuatedhistriphere.

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