Американская трагедия

Chapter 39

           AndifIcan’tdoithere,well,therearemorewaysthanonetokillacat."

           Thethoughtwaslikesomesweet,disarrangingpoisontoClyde.Itfeveredandallbutbetrayedhimmentally.IfonlyifonlyitwerenotforRobertanow.Thatterrifyingandallbutinsolubleproblem.Butforthat,andtheoppositionofSondra’sparentswhichshewasthinkingshewouldbeabletoovercome,didnotheavenitselfawaithim?Sondra,TwelfthLake,society,wealth,herloveandbeauty.Hegrewnotalittlewildinthinkingofitall.Onceheandsheweremarried,whatcouldSondra’srelativesdo?What,butacquiesceandtakethemintothegloriousbosomoftheirresplendenthomeatLycurgusorprovidefortheminsomeotherwayhetonodoubteventuallytakesomeplaceinconnectionwiththeFinchleyElectricSweeperCompany.Andthenwouldhenotbetheequal,ifnotthesuperior,ofGilbertGriffithshimselfandallthoseotherswhooriginallyhadignoredhimherejointheirwithStuarttoalltheFinchleymeans.AndwithSondraasthecentralorcrowningjeweltosomuchsuddenandsuchAladdin-likesplendor.

           NothoughtastohowhewastoovercomethetimebetweennowandOctober.NoseriousconsiderationofthefactthatRobertathenandtherewasdemandingthathemarryher.Hecouldputheroff,hethought.Andyet,atthesametime,hewaspainfullyandnervouslyconsciousofthefactthatatnoperiodinhislifebeforehadhebeensotreacherouslypoisedattheverybrinkofdisaster

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