Американська трагедія

Chapter 26

           Andafterthat,abrushingasideoftheincidentofthefolder,aswellasClyde’snotrememberingthepriceoftheboatatBigBittern,hisstoppingtoburythetripodandhisbeingsonearRobertaandnotaidingher,aseitherbeingmereaccidentsofchance,ormemory,or,inthecaseofhisfailingtogotoherrescue,ofhisbeingdazed,confused,frightened—"hesitatingfatallybutnotcriminallyattheonetimeinhislifewhenheshouldnothavehesitated"—areallystrongifjesuiticalpleawhichwasnotwithoutitsmeritsanditsweight.

           AndthenMason,blazingwithhisconvictionthatClydewasamurdererofthecoldestandblackesttype,andspendinganentiredayinriddlingthe"spider’stissueofliesandunsupportedstatements"withwhichthedefensewashopingtodivertthemindsofthejuryfromtheunbrokenandunbreakablechainofamplysubstantiatedevidencewherewiththeprosecutionhadprovedthis"beardedman"tobethe"red-handedmurderer"thathewas.Andwithhoursspentinretracingthestatementsofthevariouswitnesses.AndotherhoursindenouncingClyde,orre-tellingthebittermiseriesofRobertasomuchsothatthejury,aswellastheaudience,wasoncemoreonthevergeoftears.AndwithClydedecidinginhisownmindashesatbetweenBelknapandJephson,thatnojurysuchasthiswaslikelytoacquithiminthefaceofevidencesoartfullyandmovinglyrecapitulated.

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