Американская трагедия

Chapter 5

           Iftheyare,thecollarswouldshrinkaftertheywerecut.Butyou’llsee.Wetubthemandthendrythemafterwards."

           HemarchedsolemnlyonandClydesensedoncemorethatthismanwasnotlookinguponhimasanordinaryemployeebyanymeans.HisMR.Griffiths,hissuppositiontotheeffectthatClydewastolearnallaboutthemanufacturingendofthebusiness,aswellashiscondescensioninexplainingaboutthesewebsofcloth,hadalreadyconvincedClydethathewaslookeduponasonetowhomsomeslighthomageatleastmustbepaid.

           HefollowedMr.Whiggam,curiousastothesignificanceofthis,andsoonfoundhimselfinanenormousbasementwhichhadbeenreachedbydescendingaflightofstepsattheendofathirdhall.Here,bythehelpoffourlongrowsofincandescentlamps,hediscernedrowafterrowofporcelaintubsortroughs,lengthwiseoftheroom,andendtoend,whichreachedfromoneexteriorwalltotheother.Andinthese,understeaminghotwaterapparently,wereanyquantityofthosesamewebshehadjustseenupstairs,soaking.

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