Американская трагедия

Chapter 28

           

           Thehectictensityandmiseryofthesehours!Thatsentencetodie;thattripwithallthosepeoplecallingtohim;thatcuttingofhishairdownstairsinthatprisonbarbershop—andbyaconvict;thesuitandunderwearthatwasnowhisandthathenowhadon.Therewasnomirrorhere—oranywhere—butnomatter—hecouldfeelhowhelooked.Thisbaggycoatandtrousersandthisstripedcap.Hethrewithopelesslytothefloor.Forbutanhourbeforehehadbeenclothedinadecentsuitandshirtandtieandshoes,andhisappearancehadbeenneatandpleasingashehimselfhadthoughtasheleftBridgeburg.Butnow—howmusthelook?Andto-morrowhismotherwouldbecoming—andlaterJephsonorBelknap,maybe.God!

           Butworse—there,inthatcelldirectlyoppositehim,asallowandemaciatedandsinister-lookingChinamaninasuitexactlylikehisown,whohadcometothebarsofhisdoorandwaslookingathimoutofinscrutableslanteyes,butasimmediatelyturningandscratchinghimself—vermin,maybe,asClydeimmediatelyfeared.TherehadbeenbedbugsatBridgeburg.

           AChinesemurderer.Forwasnotthisthedeathhouse?Butasgoodashimselfhere.Andwithagarblikehisown.ThankGodvisitorswereprobablynotmany.Hehadheardfromhismotherthatscarcelyanywereallowed—thatonlysheandBelknapandJephsonandanyministerhechosemightcomeonceaweek.

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