Американская трагедия

Chapter 3

           

           Atfirsttheyassumedthatshemighthavetakenanunexplainedwalksomewhere,butastwelve-thirty,andfinallyone,andone-thirty,passed,andnoEsta,theywereabouttonotifythepolice,whenClyde,goingintoherroom,sawanotepinnedtothepillowofhersmallwoodenbedamissivethathadescapedtheeyeofhismother.Atoncehewenttoit,curiousandcomprehending,forhehadoftenwonderedinwhatway,assumingthatheeverwishedtodepartsurreptitiously,hewouldnotifyhisparents,forheknewtheywouldnevercountenancehisdepartureunlesstheywerepermittedtosuperviseitineverydetail.AndnowherewasEstamissing,andherewasundoubtedlysomesuchcommunicationashemighthaveleft.Hepickeditup,eagertoreadit,butatthatmomenthismothercameintotheroomand,seeingitinhishand,exclaimed:"What’sthat?Anote?Isitfromher?"Hesurrendereditandsheunfoldedit,readingitquickly.Henotedthatherstrongbroadface,alwaystannedareddishbrown,blanchedassheturnedawaytowardtheouterroom.Herbiggishmouthwasnowsetinafirm,straightline.Herlarge,stronghandshooktheleastbitasitheldthesmallnotealoft.

           "Asa!"shecalled,andthentrampingintothenextroomwherehewas,hisfrizzledgrayishhaircurlingdistractedlyabovehisroundhead,shesaid:"Readthis."

           Clyde,whohadfollowed,sawhimtakeitalittlenervouslyinhispudgyhands,hislips,alwaysweakandbeginningtocrinkleatthecenterwithage,nowworkingcuriously.

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