Американская трагедия

Chapter 19

           

           Onceout,heclimbeduponthechassisbeamofthetoppledcar,and,reachingdown,caughtholdofthestrugglingandmoaningLucille,wholiketheotherswastryingtoclimbupbutcouldnot.Andexertingallhisstrengthandexclaiming,"Bestill,now,honey,Igotcha.You’reallright,I’llgetchaout,"heliftedhertoasittingpositiononthesideofthedoor,thendowninthesnow,whereheplacedherandwhereshesatcryingandfeelingherarmsandherhead.AndafterherhehelpedHortense,herleftcheekandforeheadandbothhandsbadlybruisedandbleeding,butnotseriously,althoughshedidnotknowthatatthetime.Shewaswhimperingandshiveringandshakinganervouschillhavingsucceededthedazedandalmostunconsciousstatewhichhadfollowedthefirstcrash.

           Atthatmoment,Clyde,liftinghisbewilderedheadabovethesidedoorofthecar,hisleftcheek,shoulderandarmbruised,butnototherwiseinjured,wasthinkingthathetoomustgetoutofthisasquicklyaspossible.Achildhadbeenkilled;acarstolenandwrecked;hisjobwasmostcertainlylost;thepolicewereinpursuitandmightevenfindthemthereatanyminute.AndbelowhiminthecarwasSparser,pronewherehefell,butalreadybeinglookedtobyRatterer.AndbesidehimLauraSipe,alsounconscious.HefeltcalledupontodosomethingtoassistRatterer,whowasreachingdownandtryingtolayholdofLauraSipewithoutinjuringher.

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