Американська трагедія

Chapter 18

           Washenotamurderer?Andinaddition,thatmiserablewesternfamilyofhis,picturedasstreetpreachers,andhe,tooorasasingingandprayingboyfromamission!Yetoccasionallyreturninginthought,andthisquiteinspiteofherself,tohiseager,unreasoningandseeminglyconsumingenthusiasmforher.(Howdeeplyhemusthavecaredtoventureuponsodeadlyadeed!)Andhencewonderingwhetheratsometime,oncethiscasewaslessviolentlybeforethepubliceye,itmightnotbepossibletocommunicatewithhiminsomeguardedandunsignedway,justtolethimknow,perhaps,thatbecauseofhisgreatloveforhershedesiredhimtoknowthathewasnotentirelyforgotten.Yetasinstantlydeciding,NO,noherparentsiftheyshouldlearnorguessorthepublic,orherone-timeassociates.Notnow,oh,notnowatleast.Maybelaterifheweresetfreeororconvictedshecouldn’ttell.Yetsufferingheartachesforthemostpartasmuchasshedetestedandabhorredthehorriblecrimebywhichhehadsoughttowinher.

           Andintheinterim,Clydeinhiscell,walkingtoandfro,orlookingoutonthedullsquarethroughtheheavilybarredwindows,orreadingandre-readingthenewspapers,ornervouslyturningthepagesofmagazinesorbooksfurnishedbyhiscounsel,orplayingchessorcheckers,oreatinghismeals,which,byspecialarrangementonthepartofBelknapandJephson(madeattherequestofhisuncle),consistedofbetterdishesthanwereusuallyfurnishedtotheordinaryprisoner

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