Американская трагедия

Chapter 3

           

           "HowshouldIknow?"sherepliedalittleirritably,troubledbyherparents’distressandthissecretiveness,aswellasEsta’saction."Sheneversaidanythingtome.Ishouldthinkshe’dbeashamedofherselfifshehas."

           Julia,beingcolderemotionallythaneitherEstaorClyde,wasmoreconsiderateofherparentsinaconventionalway,andhencesorrier.True,shedidnotquitegatherwhatitmeant,butshesuspectedsomething,forshehadtalkedoccasionallywithgirls,butinaveryguardedandconservativeway.Now,however,itwasmorethewayinwhichEstahadchosentoleave,desertingherparentsandherbrothersandherself,thatcausedhertobeangrywithher,forwhyshouldshegoanddoanythingwhichwoulddistressherparentsinthisdreadfulfashion.Itwasdreadful.Theairwasthickwithmisery.

           Andashisparentstalkedintheirlittleroom,Clydebroodedtoo,forhewasintenselycuriousaboutlifenow.WhatwasitEstahadreallydone?Wasit,ashefearedandthought,oneofthosedreadfulrunawayorsexuallydisagreeableaffairswhichtheboysonthestreetsandatschoolwerealwaysslylytalkingabout?Howshameful,ifthatweretrue!Shemightnevercomeback.Shehadgonewithsomeman.Therewassomethingwrongaboutthat,nodoubt,foragirl,anyhow,forallhehadeverheardwasthatalldecentcontactsbetweenboysandgirls,menandwomen,ledtobutonethingmarriage.AndnowEsta,inadditiontotheirothertroubles,hadgoneanddonethis.

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