Американская трагедия

Chapter 5

           Icanseethat—themostdifficultcasethatevercamemyway,oryours,either—andwecan’tbetoocarefulastohowwemovefromnowon.He’slikelytoberich,yousee,andifheishe’llfight.Besidesthere’sthatfamilydowntheretobackhimup."

           Herananervoushandthroughhisshockofhair,thenadded:"Well,that’sallrighttoo.ThenextthingtodoistogetBeemisandWebsterofUtica—betterwirethemto-night,eh,orcallthemup.AndSprullofAlbany,andthen,tokeeppeaceinthefamilyaroundhere,perhapswe’dbetterhaveLincolnandBettsoverhere.AndmaybeBavo."Hepermittedhimselfthefaintestshadowofasmile."Inthemeantime,I’llbegoingalong,Fred.ArrangetohavethemcomeupMondayorTuesday,insteadofto-morrow.IexpecttobebackbythenandifsoIcanbewithyou.Ifyoucan,betterget’emuphere,Monday—see—thequickerthebetter—andwe’llseewhatweknowbythen."

           Hewenttoadrawertosecuresomeextrawrits.AndthenintotheouterroomtoexplaintoAldenthetripthatwasbeforehim.AndtohaveBurleighcalluphiswife,towhomheexplainedthenatureofhisworkandhasteandthathemightnotbebackbeforeMonday.

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