Американская трагедия

Chapter 44

           Youneedtoknowthiscountrypurtywellifyergoin’tstrikeoutanywhereawayfromthemainroads,thougho’courseaboutfivemilestothewesto’hereistherailroad.GunLodgeisthestation.Webring’embybusfromthereinthesummer.Andfromthesouthenddownthereisasortaroadleadin’downtoGreysLakeandThreeMileBay.Youmustacomealongapartofit,sinceit’stheonlyroadupintothiscountryasyet.They’retalkin’ofcuttin’onethroughtoLongLakesometime,butsofarit’smostlytalk.Butfrommostoftheseotherlakesaroundhere,there’snoroadatall,notthatanautomobilecouldmake.Justtrailsandthere’snotevenadecentcamponsomeo’’em.Youhavetobringyourownoutfit.ButEllisandmewasovertoGunLakelastsummerthat’sthirtymileswesto’hereandwehadtowalkeveryinchofthewayandcarryourpacks.But,oh,say,thefishin’andmooseanddeercomerightdowntotheshoreinplacestodrink.See’emasplainasthatstumpacrossthelake."

           AndClyderememberedthat,alongwiththeothers,hehadcarriedawaytheimpressionthatforsolitudeandcharmoratleastmysterythisregioncouldscarcelybematched.AndtothinkitwasallsocomparativelynearLycurgusnotmorethanahundredmilesbyroad;notmorethanseventybyrail,asheeventuallycametoknow.

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