Американська трагедія

Chapter 19

           

           Andtheclerk,immediatelydrawingoutoftheboxasecondslipofpaper,andthencalling:"DudleySheerline!"Whereupon,athin,tallmanofbetweenthirty-eightandforty,neatlydressedandsomewhatmeticulousandcautiousinhismanner,approachedandtookhisplaceinthebox.AndMasononcemorebegantoquestionhimashehadtheother.

           Inthemeantime,Clyde,inspiteofbothBelknap’sandJephson’spreliminaryprecautions,wasalreadyfeelingstiffandchillandbloodless.For,decidedly,ashecouldfeel,thisaudiencewasinimical.Andamidthiscloselypressingthrong,ashenowthought,withanadditionalchill,theremustbethefatherandmother,perhapsalsothesistersandbrothers,ofRoberta,andalllookingathim,andhopingwithalltheirhearts,asthenewspapersduringtheweekspastinformedhim,thathewouldbemadetosufferforthis.

           Andagain,allthosepeopleofLycurgusandTwelfthLake,nooneofwhomhadtroubledtocommunicatewithhiminanyway,assuminghimtobeabsolutelyguilty,ofcoursewereanyofthosehere?JillorGertrudeorTracyTrumbull,forinstance?OrWynettePhantorherbrother?ShehadbeenatthatcampatBearLakethedayhewasarrested.Hismindranoverallthesocialpersonageswhomhehadencounteredduringthelastyearandwhowouldnowseehimashewaspoorandcommonplaceanddeserted,andontrialforsuchacrimeasthis.Andafterallhisbluffingabouthisrichconnectionshereandinthewest.

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