Американська трагедія

Chapter 19

           Fornow,ofcourse,theywouldbelievehimasterribleashisoriginalplot,withoutknowingorcaringabouthissideofthestoryhismoodsandfearsthatpredicamentthathewasinwithRobertahisloveforSondraandallthatshehadmeanttohim.Theywouldn’tunderstandthat,andhewasnotgoingtobeallowedtotellanythinginregardtoit,evenifheweresominded.

           Andyet,becauseoftheadviceofBelknapandJephson,hemustsitupandsmile,oratleastlookpleasantandmeetthegazeofeveryoneboldlyanddirectly.Andinconsequence,turning,andforthemomentfeelingabsolutelytransfixed.ForthereGod,whataresemblance!totheleftofhimononeofthosewallbenches,wasawomanorgirlwhoappearedtobethelivingimageofRoberta!ItwasthatsisterofhersEmilyofwhomshehadoftenspokenbutoh,whatashock!Hisheartalmoststopped.ItmightevenbeRoberta!Andtransfixinghimwithwhatghostly,andyetreal,andsavageandaccusingeyes!Andnexttoheranothergirl,lookingsomethinglikeher,tooandnexttoherthatoldman,Roberta’sfatherthatwrinkledoldmanwhomhehadencounteredthatdayhehadcalledathisfarmdoorforinformation,nowlookingathimalmostsavagely,agrayandwearylookthatsaidsoplainly:"Youmurderer!Youmurderer!"Andbesidehimamildandsmallandill-lookingwomanofaboutfifty,veiledandveryshrunkenandsunken-eyed,who,athisglancedroppedherowneyesandturnedaway,asifstrickenwithagreatpain,nothate.

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