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Chapter 28

           

           Thehectictensityandmiseryofthesehours!Thatsentencetodie;thattripwithallthosepeoplecallingtohim;thatcuttingofhishairdownstairsinthatprisonbarbershopandbyaconvict;thesuitandunderwearthatwasnowhisandthathenowhadon.Therewasnomirrorhereoranywherebutnomatterhecouldfeelhowhelooked.Thisbaggycoatandtrousersandthisstripedcap.Hethrewithopelesslytothefloor.Forbutanhourbeforehehadbeenclothedinadecentsuitandshirtandtieandshoes,andhisappearancehadbeenneatandpleasingashehimselfhadthoughtasheleftBridgeburg.Butnowhowmusthelook?Andto-morrowhismotherwouldbecomingandlaterJephsonorBelknap,maybe.God!

           Butworsethere,inthatcelldirectlyoppositehim,asallowandemaciatedandsinister-lookingChinamaninasuitexactlylikehisown,whohadcometothebarsofhisdoorandwaslookingathimoutofinscrutableslanteyes,butasimmediatelyturningandscratchinghimselfvermin,maybe,asClydeimmediatelyfeared.TherehadbeenbedbugsatBridgeburg.

           AChinesemurderer.Forwasnotthisthedeathhouse?Butasgoodashimselfhere.Andwithagarblikehisown.ThankGodvisitorswereprobablynotmany.HehadheardfromhismotherthatscarcelyanywereallowedthatonlysheandBelknapandJephsonandanyministerhechosemightcomeonceaweek.

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