Американська трагедія

Chapter 25

           "

           "Yes,"repliedClyde,alittlesullenlyandbitterlyafteratime,soflayedandbruisedwashebythismanwhowassodeterminedtoharryhimtohisgrave.Hefingeredthemapandpretendedtolookasdirected,butwasseeingonlyallthathehadseenlongbeforethereinLycurgus,soshortlybeforehedepartedforFondatomeetRoberta.Andnowhereitwasbeingusedagainsthim.

           "Andwheredoesitrun,please?Doyoumindtellingthejurywhereitrunsfromwheretowhere?"

           AndClyde,nervousandfearfulandphysicallyverymuchreduced,nowreplied:"Well,itrunsfromGrassLaketoThreeMileBay."

           "Andtowhatornearwhatotherplacesinbetween?"continuedMason,lookingoverhisshoulder.

           "GunLodge.That’sall."

           "WhataboutBigBittern?Doesn’titrunnearthatwhenitgetstothesouthofit?"

           "Yes,sir,itdoeshere."

           "EvernoticeorstudythatmapbeforeyouwenttoGrassLakefromUtica?"persistedMason,tenselyand,forcefully.

           "No,sirIdidnot."

           "Neverknewtheroadwasonthere?"

           "Well,Imayhaveseenit,"repliedClyde,"butifsoIdidn’tpayanyattentiontoit."

           "And,ofcourse,bynopossiblechancecouldyouhaveseenorstudiedthisfolderandthatroadbeforeyouleftUtica?"

           "No,sir.Ineversawitbefore."

           "Isee.

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