Американская трагедия

Chapter 44

           

           ButnowoncemoreinLycurgusandbackinhisroomafterjustexplainingtoRoberta,ashehad,heoncemoreencounteredonhiswritingdesk,theidenticalpapercontainingtheitemconcerningthetragedyatPassLake.Andinspiteofhimself,hiseyeoncemorefollowednervouslyandyetunwaveringlytothelastwordallthesuggestiveandprovocativedetails.Theuncomplicatedandapparentlyeasywayinwhichthelostcouplehadfirstarrivedattheboathouse;thecommonplaceandentirelyunsuspiciouswayinwhichtheyhadhiredaboatandsetforthforarow;themannerinwhichtheyhaddisappearedtothenorthend;andthentheupturnedboat,thefloatingoarsandhatsneartheshore.Hestoodreadinginthestillstrongeveninglight.OutsidethewindowswerethedarkboughsofthefirtreeofwhichhehadthoughttheprecedingdayandwhichnowsuggestedallthosefirsandpinesabouttheshoresofBigBittern.

           But,goodGod!Whatwashethinkingofanyhow?He,ClydeGriffiths!ThenephewofSamuelGriffiths!Whatwas"gettinginto"him?Murder!That’swhatitwas.Thisterribleitemthisdevil’saccidentormachinationthatwasconstantlyputtingitbeforehim!Amosthorriblecrime,andoneforwhichtheyelectrocutedpeopleiftheywerecaught.Besides,hecouldnotmurderanybodynotRoberta,anyhow.Oh,no!Surelynotafterallthathadbeenbetweenthem.

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