Американская трагедия

Chapter 22

           

           AndClydefeeling,andnotunlikeRoberta,whowasfirmlyandevenpainfullyconvincedofit,thatthiswassin—deadly,mortal—sincebothhismotherandfatherhadsooftenemphasizedthat—theseducer—adulterer—whopreysoutsidethesacredprecinctsofmarriage.AndRoberta,peeringnervouslyintotheblankfuture,wonderingwhat—how,inanycase,byanychance,Clydeshouldchange,orfailher.Yetthenightreturning,hermoodoncemoreveering,andsheaswellashehurryingtomeetsomewhere—onlylater,inthesilenceofthemiddlenight,toslipintothisunlightedroomwhichwasprovingsomuchmoreofaParadisethaneithermighteverknowagain—sowildandunrecapturableisthefeverofyouth.

           And—attimes—anddespiteallhisotherdoubtsandfears,Clyde,becauseofthissuddenabandonmentbyRobertaofherselftohisdesires,feelingforthefirsttime,really,inallhisfeverishyears,thatatlasthewasamanoftheworld—onewhowastrulybeginningtoknowwomen.Andsotakingtohimselfanairormannerthatsaidasplainlyasmighthaveanywords—"BeholdIamnolongertheinexperienced,neglectedsimpletonofbutafewweeksago,butanindividualofimportnow—someonewhoknowssomethingaboutlife.

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