Американская трагедия

Chapter 8

           AndatLittleFishInlet,thirtymilesnorth,ontheeasternshore,theyweremetbythecarsoftheBaggotts,Harrietsandothers,fromwhere,withtheirgoodsandcanoes,theywereportagedfortymileseasttoBearLake,aslonelyandasarrestingalmostasBigBitternitself.

           Thejoyofthistripifonlythatotherthingwerenothangingoverhimnow.ThisexquisitepleasureofbeingnearSondra,hereyesconstantlytellinghimhowmuchshecared.Andherspirit’sflamesohighbecauseofhispresenceherewithhernow.AndyetRoberta’sbodyup!ThatsearchforCliffordGolden—CarlGraham.Hisidenticaldescriptionwiredaswellaspublishedeverywhere.Theseothers—allofthemintheirboatsandcarshadprobablyreadit.Andyet,becauseoftheirfamiliaritywithhimandhisconnections—Sondra,theGriffiths—notsuspectinghim—notthinkingofthedescriptioneven.Butiftheyshould!Iftheyshouldguess!Thehorror!Theflight!Theexposure!Thepolice!Thefirsttodeserthim—these—allsaveSondraperhaps.Andevenshe,too.Yes,she,ofcourse.Thehorrorinhereyes.

           Andthenthateveningatsundown,onthewestshoreofthissamelake,onanopenswardthatwasassmoothasanywell-keptlawn,theentirecompanysettled,infivedifferentcoloredtentsrangedaboutafirelikeanIndianvillage,withcooks’andservants’tentsinthedistance.Andthehalfdozencanoesbeachedlikebrightfishalongthegrassyshoreofthelake.Andthensupperaroundanopenfire.

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