Американская трагедия

Chapter 44

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

           WhymusthethinkofthatotherlakeinMassachusetts!Thatboat!Thebodyofthatgirlfoundbutnotthatofthemanwhoaccompaniedher!Howterrible,really!

           Herecalledafterwardshereinhisroom,afterthelastconversationwithRobertathatthecar,afterafewmoremiles,hadfinallyswungintoanopenspaceatthenorthendofalongnarrowlakethesouthprospectofwhichappearedtobedividedbyapointoranislandsuggestingagreaterlengthandfurtherwindingsorcurvesthanwerevisiblefromwherethecarhadstopped.Andexceptforthesmalllodgeandboathouseatthisupperendithadappearedsoverylonesomenotalaunchorcanoeonitatthetimetheirpartyarrived.Andasinthecaseofalltheotherlakesseenthisday,thebankstotheveryshorelineweresentineledwiththosesamegreenpinestall,spear-shapedtheirarmswidespreadlikeoneoutsidehiswindowhereinLycurgus.

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