Американская трагедия

Chapter 29

           

           Nothoughtineithertheplanningorthepracticeofallthisoftheunnecessaryandunfairtortureforthosewhowerebroughthere,nottobepromptlyexecuted,byanymeans,butrathertobehelduntilthehighercourtsshouldhavepasseduponthemeritsoftheircasesanappeal.

           Atfirst,ofcourse,Clydesensedlittleifanythingofallthis.Insofarashisfirstdaywasconcerned,hehadbuttastedtheveriestspoonfulofitall.Andtolightenordarkenhisburdenhismothercameatnoontheverynextday.Nothavingbeenpermittedtoaccompanyhim,shehadwaitedoverforafinalconferencewithBelknapandJephson,aswellastowriteinfullherpersonalimpressionsinconnectionwithherson’sdeparture(Thosenervouslysearingimpressions!)Andalthoughanxioustofindaroomsomewherenearthepenitentiary,shehurriedfirsttotheofficeofthepenitentiaryimmediatelyuponherarrivalatAuburnand,afterpresentinganorderfromJusticeOberwaltzeraswellasasolicitousletterfromBelknapandJephsonurgingthecourtesyofaprivateinterviewwithClydetobeginwithatleast,shewaspermittedtoseehersoninaroomentirelyapartfromtheolddeathhouse.ForalreadythewardenhimselfhadbeenreadingofheractivitiesandsacrificesandwasinterestedinseeingnotonlyherbutClydealso.

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