Американская трагедия

Chapter 13

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           ButClyde,watchingheroutofthecornerofhiseye,couldnotbelievethatshewasasastonishedasshepretended.And,thereafter,Asacomingin,andClydenothavingasyetdepartedforthehotel,heheardthemdiscussingthematterinsomestrangelyinattentiveandunilluminedway,asifitwasnotquiteasstartlingasithadseemedtohim.Andforsometimehewasnotcalledintoexplainwhathehadseen.

           Andthen,asifpurposelytosolvethismysteryforhim,heencounteredhismotheronedaypassingalongSpruceStreet,thistimecarryingasmallbasketonherarm.Shehad,ashehadnoticedoflate,takentogoingoutregularlymorningsandafternoonsorevenings.Onthisoccasion,andlongbeforeshehadhadanopportunitytoseehim,hehaddiscernedherpeculiarlyheavyfiguredrapedintheoldbrowncoatwhichshealwayswore,andhadturnedintoMyrkelStreetandwaitedforhertopass,aconvenientnewsstandofferinghimshelter.Onceshehadpassed,hedroppedbehindher,allowinghertoprecedehimbyhalfablock.AndatDalrymple,shecrossedtoBeaudry,whichwasreallyacontinuationofSpruce,butnotsougly.Thehouseswerequiteoldquondamresidencesofanearlierday,butnowturnedintoboardingandroominghouses.Intooneofthesehesawherenteranddisappear,butbeforedoingsoshelookedinquiringlyabouther.

           Aftershehadentered,Clydeapproachedthehouseandstudieditwithgreatinterest.

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