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Chapter LIV

           Fouryearsandthreemonths;shethought.Ifhedidnotgetoutbeforethenshewouldbenearingtwenty-nineandhewouldbenearingforty.Wouldhewantherthen?Wouldshebesoattractive?Andwouldnearlyfiveyearschangehispointofview?Hewouldhavetowearaconvictsuitallthattime,andbeknownasaconvictforeverafter.Itwashardtothinkabout,butonlymadehermorethaneverdeterminedtoclingtohim,whateverhappened,andtohelphimallshecould.

           Indeedthedayafterhisincarcerationshedroveoutandlookedatthegrim,graywallsofthepenitentiary.Knowingnothingabsolutelyofthevastandcomplicatedprocessesoflawandpenalservitude,itseemedespeciallyterribletoher.WhatmightnottheybedoingtoherFrank?Washesufferingmuch?Washethinkingofherasshewasofhim?Oh,thepityofitall!Thepity!Thepityofherselfhergreatloveforhim!Shedrovehome,determinedtoseehim;butashehadoriginallytoldherthatvisitingdayswereonlyonceinthreemonths,andthathewouldhavetowriteherwhenthenextonewas,orwhenshecouldcome,orwhenhecouldseeherontheoutside,shescarcelyknewwhattodo.Secrecywasthething.

           Thenextday,however,shewrotehimjustthesame,describingthedriveshehadtakenonthestormyafternoonbeforetheterrorofthethoughtthathewasbehindthosegrimgraywallsanddeclaringherdeterminationtoseehimsoon.Andthisletter,underthenewarrangement,hereceivedatonce.

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