Американская трагедия

Chapter 34

           

           ButarrivedatSchenectady,hehadbarelytimetolookaroundalittlebeforethelastcarforLycurgusshouldbeleaving.Hisnervebegantofailhim.Didhelookenoughlikeayoungmarriedmantoconvinceanyonethathewasone?Besideswerenotsuchpreventativesconsideredverywrongevenbydruggists?

           WalkingupanddowntheoneverylongMainStreetstillbrightlylightedatthishour,lookingnowinonedrug-storewindowandanother,hedecidedfordifferentreasonsthateachparticularonewasnottheone.Inone,ashesawataglance,stoodastout,sober,smooth-shavenmanoffiftywhosebespectacledeyesandirongrayhairseemedtoindicatetoClyde’smindthathewouldbemostcertaintodenysuchayouthfulapplicantashimselfrefusetobelievethathewasmarriedortoadmitthathehadanysuchremedy,andsuspecthimofillicitrelationswithsomeyoung,unmarriedgirlintothebargain.Helookedsosober,God-fearing,ultra-respectableandconventional.No,itwouldnotdotoapplytohim.Hehadnotthecouragetoenterandfacesuchaperson.

           Inanotherdrug-storeheobservedasmall,shriveledandyetdapperandshrewd-lookingmanofperhapsthirty-five,whoappearedtohimatthetimeassatisfactoryenough,only,ashecouldseefromthefront,hewasbeingbrisklyassistedbyayoungwomanofnotmorethantwentyortwenty-five.

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