Американская трагедия

Chapter 44

           

           TheprecedingdayadayofsomewhatreducedactivitiesonthelakesfromwhichhehadjustreturnedheandSondraandStuartandBertine,togetherwithNinaTempleandayouthnamedHarleyBaggott,thenvisitingtheThurstons,hadmotoredfirstfromTwelfthLaketoThreeMileBay,asmalllakesideresortsometwenty-fivemilesnorth,andfromthence,betweentoweringwallsofpines,toBigBitternandsomeothersmallerlakeslostintherecessesofthetallpinesoftheregiontothenorthofTrineLake.Andenroute,Clyde,ashenowrecalled,hadbeenmoststrangelyimpressedatmomentsandinspotsbythedesolateandforthemostpartlonelycharacteroftheregion.Thenarrowandrain-washedandevenruttednatureofthedirtroadsthatwoundbetweentall,silentanddarksometreesforestsinthelargestsenseofthewordthatextendedformilesandmilesapparentlyoneitherhand.Thedecadentandweirdnatureofsomeofthebogsandtarnsoneithersideoftheonlycomparativelypassabledirtroadswhichhereandtherewerefestoonedwithfunerealorviperousvines,andstrewnlikedesertedbattlefieldswithsoggyanddecayedpilesoffallenandcrisscrossedlogsinplacesasmanyasfourdeeponeabovetheotherinthegreenslimethatanundraineddepressionintheearthhadaccumulated.

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