Американская трагедия

Chapter 42

           Justanaccidental,unpremeditateddrowning—andthenthegloriousfuturewhichwouldbehis!

           ButthemerethinkingofsuchathinginconnectionwithRobertaatthistime—(whywasitthathismindpersistedinidentifyingherwithit?)wasterrible,andhemustnot,hemustnot,allowsuchathoughttoenterhismind.Never,never,never!Hemustnot.Itwashorrible!Terrible!Athoughtofmurder,noless!Murder?!!!Yetsowroughtuphadhebeen,andstillwas,bytheletterwhichRobertahadwrittenhim,ascontrastedwiththeonefromSondra—sodelightfulandenticingwasthepictureofherlifeandhisasshenowdescribedit,thathecouldnotforthelifeofhimquiteexpelthatotherandseeminglyeasyandsonaturalasolutionofallhisproblem—ifonlysuchanaccidentcouldoccurtohimandRoberta.Forafterallhewasnotplanninganycrime,washe?Washenotmerelythinkingofanaccidentthat,haditoccurredorcoulditbutoccurinhiscase....Ah—butthat"COULDITBUTOCCUR."Therewasthedarkandevilthoughtaboutwhichhemustnot,HEMUSTNOTTHINK.HeMUSTNOT.Andyet—andyet,...Hewasanexcellentswimmerandcouldswimashore,nodoubt—whateverthedistance.WhereasRoberta,asheknewfromswimmingwithheratonebeachandanothertheprevioussummer,couldnotswim.Andthen—andthen—wellandthen,unlesshechosetohelpher,ofcourse....

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