Американская трагедия

Chapter 32

           Butwhatwastobehopedfororimagined?BecauseofthenewsuggestionofferedbyNicholson,anewtrialwasallthathehadtolookforwardto,inwhichcase,andassuminghimselftobeacquittedthereafter,hecouldgofar,farawaytoAustraliaorAfricaorMexicoorsomesuchplaceasthat,where,underadifferentnamehisoldconnectionsandambitionsrelatingtothatsuperiorsociallifethathadsorecentlyintriguedhim,laidaside,hemightrecoverhimselfinsomesmallway.Butdirectlyinthepathofthathopefulimagining,ofcourse,stoodthedeath’sheadfigureofarefusalonthepartoftheCourtofAppealstogranthimanewtrial.WhynotafterthatjuryatBridgeburg?Andthenasinthatdreaminwhichheturnedfromthetangleofsnakestofacethetrampingrhinoceroswithitstwohornshewasconfrontedbythatawfulthingintheadjoiningroomthatchair!Thatchair!Itsstrapsanditsflasheswhichsoregularlydimmedthelightsinthisroom.Hecouldnotbeartothinkofhisenteringthereever.Andyetsupposinghisappealwasrefused!Away!Hewouldliketothinknomoreaboutit.

           Butthen,apartfromthatwhatwastheretothinkof?ItwasthatveryquestionthatuptothetimeofthearrivaloftheRev.DuncanMcMillan,withhispleaforadirectandcertainly(asheinsisted)fruitfulappealtotheCreatorofallthings,thathadbeendefinitelytorturingClyde.

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