Американская трагедия

Chapter 29

           Yettheolddeathhouse,becauseofthisverycourtesyandprivacy,althoughintensesolitude,waslaterdeemedinhumanandhencethisnewerandbetterdeathhouse,asthethoughtfulandcondescendingauthoritiessawit,wasdevised.

           Inthis,tobesure,werenosuchsmallandgloomycellsasthosewhichcharacterizedtheold,fortheretheceilingwaslowandthesanitaryarrangementswretched,whereasinthenewonetheceilingwashigh,theroomsandcorridorsbrightlylightedandineveryinstancenolessthaneightbytenfeetinsize.Butbycontrastwiththeolderroom,theyhadtheenormousdisadvantageoftheunscreenedifnotuncurtainedcelldoors.

           Besides,byhousingalltogetherintwosuchtiersaswerehere,itplaceduponeachconvictthecompulsionofenduringallthehorrorsofallthevicious,morbidorcompletelycollapsedanddespairingtemperamentsabouthim.Notrueprivacyofanykind.Bydayablazeoflightpouringthroughanover-archingskylighthighabovethewalls.Bynightglisteningincandescentsoflargesizeandpowerwhichfloodedeachnookandcrannyofthevariouscells.Noprivacy,nogamesotherthancardsandcheckerstheonlyonesplayablewithoutreleasingtheprisonersfromtheircells.Books,newspapers,tobesure,forallwhocouldreadorenjoythemunderthecircumstances.Andvisitsmorningsandafternoons,asarule,fromapriest,andlessregularlyfromarabbiandaProtestantminister,eachofferinghissympathiesorservicestosuchaswouldacceptthem.

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