Американская трагедия

Chapter 34

           "AndthenpocketingthenotewiththeunderstandingthatitwastobeissuedafterClyde’sdeath—notbefore.AndyetClydehavingwrittenthis,stilldubiousatmoments.Washetrulysaved?Thetimewassoshort?CouldherelyonGodwiththatabsolutesecuritywhichhehadjustannouncednowcharacterizedhim?Couldhe?Lifewassostrange.Thefuturesoobscure.Wastherereallyalifeafterdeath—aGodbywhomhewouldbewelcomedastheReverendMcMillanandhisownmotherinsisted?Wasthere?

           Inthemidstofthis,twodaysbeforehisdeathandinafinalburstofpanic,Mrs.GriffithswiringtheHon.DavidWaltham:"CanyousaybeforeyourGodthatyouhavenodoubtofClyde’sguilt?Pleasewire.Ifyoucannot,thenhisbloodwillbeuponyourhead.Hismother."AndRobertFessler,thesecretarytotheGovernorreplyingbywire:"GovernorWalthamdoesnotthinkhimselfjustifiedininterferingwiththedecisionoftheCourtofAppeals."

           Atlastthefinalday—thefinalhour—Clyde’stransfertoacellintheolddeathhouse,where,afterashaveandabath,hewasfurnishedwithblacktrousers,awhiteshirtwithoutacollar,tobeopenedattheneckafterwards,newfeltslippersandgraysocks.Soaccoutered,hewasallowedoncemoretomeethismotherandMcMillan,who,fromsixo’clockintheeveningprecedingthemorningofhisdeathuntilfourofthefinalmorning,werepermittedtoremainnearhimtocounselwithhimastotheloveandmercyofGod.

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