Американская трагедия

Chapter 44

           Theterritorythroughwhichtheywerespeedingasfastasthedirtroadswouldpermit,wasdottedwiththeminthesedeepforestsofpine.Andonlyoccasionallyinpassingnearone,werethereanysignsindicatingacamporlodge,andthosetobereachedonlybysomehalf-blazedtrailorruttyorsandyroaddisappearingthroughdarkertrees.Inthemain,theshoresofthemoreremotelakespassed,wereallbutuntenanted,orsosparselythatacabinoradistantlodgetobeseenacrossthesmoothwatersofsomepine-encircledgemwasanobjectofinteresttoall.

           WhymusthethinkofthatotherlakeinMassachusetts!Thatboat!Thebodyofthatgirlfound—butnotthatofthemanwhoaccompaniedher!Howterrible,really!

           Herecalledafterwards—hereinhisroom,afterthelastconversationwithRoberta—thatthecar,afterafewmoremiles,hadfinallyswungintoanopenspaceatthenorthendofalongnarrowlake—thesouthprospectofwhichappearedtobedividedbyapointoranislandsuggestingagreaterlengthandfurtherwindingsorcurvesthanwerevisiblefromwherethecarhadstopped.Andexceptforthesmalllodgeandboathouseatthisupperendithadappearedsoverylonesome—notalaunchorcanoeonitatthetimetheirpartyarrived.Andasinthecaseofalltheotherlakesseenthisday,thebankstotheveryshorelineweresentineledwiththosesamegreenpines—tall,spear-shaped—theirarmswidespreadlikeoneoutsidehiswindowhereinLycurgus.

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