Американская трагедия

Chapter 40

           Andalthoughhewouldhavepreferredaquick"yes"sothathemighthaveturnedandgone,Tituspreferredtostepdownintotheyardandthen,withagestureofthearm,indicatethatiftheywantedtostrikeareallygoodpartoftheroad,theyhadbetterfollowthisTrippettsvillenorthandsouthroadforatleasttwomoremiles,andthenturnwest.Clydethankedhimbrieflyandturnedalmostbeforehehadfinishedandhurriedaway.

           For,ashenowrecalled,andwithanenormoussenseofdepression,Robertawasthinkingandatthisverytime,thatsoonnow,andinthefaceofallLycurgushadtoofferhimSondrathecomingspringandsummertheloveandromance,gayety,position,powerhewasgoingtogiveallthatupandgoawaywithandmarryher.Sneakawaytosomeout-of-the-wayplace!Oh,howhorrible!Andwithachildathisage!Oh,whyhadheeverbeensofoolishandweakastoidentifyhimselfwithherinthisintimateway?Justbecauseofafewlonelyevenings!Oh,why,whycouldn’thehavewaitedandthenthisotherworldwouldhaveopeneduptohimjustthesame?Ifonlyhecouldhavewaited!

           Andnowunquestionably,unlesshecouldspeedilyandeasilydisengagehimselffromher,allthisothersplendidrecognitionwouldbedestinedtobewithdrawnfromhim,andthisotherworldfromwhichhesprangmightextenditsgloomy,poverty-strickenarmstohimandenvelophimoncemore,justasthepovertyofhisfamilyhadenvelopedandalmoststrangledhimfromthefirst.

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