Американская трагедия

Chapter 13

           Atthesametimehewasmadeintenselycuriousbythisevasivegesture.Whyshouldhismothernotwishhimtoseehercarryingabaganywhere?Evasionandconcealmentformednopartofherrealdisposition(sodifferentfromhisown).AlmostinstantlyhismindproceededtojointhiscoincidencewiththetimehehadseenherdescendingthestepsoftheroominghouseinMontroseStreet,togetherwiththebusinessoftheletterhehadfoundherreading,andthemoneyshehadbeencompelledtoraisethehundreddollars.Wherecouldshebegoing?Whatwasshehiding?

           Hespeculatedonallthis,buthecouldnotdecidewhetherithadanydefiniteconnectionwithhimoranymemberofthefamilyuntilaboutaweeklater,when,passingalongEleventhnearBaltimore,hethoughthesawEsta,oratleastagirlsomuchlikeherthatshewouldbetakenforheranywhere.Shehadthesameheight,andshewasmovingalongasEstausedtowalk.Only,nowhethoughtashesawher,shelookedolder.Yet,soquicklyhadshecomeandgoneinthemassofpeoplethathehadnotbeenabletomakesure.Itwasonlyaglance,butonthestrengthofit,hehadturnedandsoughttocatchupwithher,butuponreachingthespotshewasgone.Soconvincedwashe,however,thathehadseenherthathewentstraighthome,and,encounteringhismotherinthemission,announcedthathewaspositivehehadseenEsta.ShemustbebackinKansasCityagain.Hecouldhavesworntoit.HehadseenhernearEleventhandBaltimore,orthoughthehad.

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