Американская трагедия

Chapter 47

           

           Andthenatlast,afterfullyanhourofrowing,brooding,singing,stoppingtolookatsomecharmingpointofland,reconnoiteringsomerecedinginletwhichpromisedwater-lilies,andwithRobertaalreadysayingthattheymustwatchthetimeandnotstayouttoolong—thebay,southoftheislanditself—abeautifulandyetmostfunereallypine-encircledandlanddelimitedbitofwater—morelikeasmallerlake,connectedbyaninletorpassagetothelargerone,andyetitselfarespectablebodyofwaterofperhapstwentyacresofsurfaceandalmostcircularinform.Themannerinwhichtotheeast,thenorth,thesouth,thewest,even,exceptforthepassagebywhichtheislandtothenorthofitwasseparatedfromthemainland,thispoolortarnwasencircledbytrees!Andcat-tailsandwater-lilieshereandthere—afewalongitsshores.Andsomehowsuggestinganespeciallyarrangedpoolortarntowhichonewhowaswearyoflifeandcares—anxioustobeawayfromthestrifeandcontentionsoftheworld,mightmostwiselyandyetgloomilyrepair.

           Andastheyglidedintothis,thisstilldarkwaterseemedtogripClydeasnothinghereoranywherebeforethiseverhad—tochangehismood.Foroncehereheseemedtobefairlypulledorluredalongintoit,andhavingencircleditsquietbanks,tobedrifting,drifting—inendlessspacewherewasnoendofanything—noplots—noplans—nopracticalproblemstobesolved—nothing.

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