Американська трагедія

Chapter 29

           

           Forthroughthispassage,onhislastday,amanwastransferredfromhisBETTERcellinthenewbuilding,wherehemighthavebeenincarceratedforsomuchasayearortwo,tooneoftheolderonesintheolddeathhouse,inorderthathemightspendhislasthoursinsolitude,althoughcompelledatthefinalmoment,none-the-less(thedeathmarch),toretracehisstepsalongthisnarrowercrosspassage—andwhereallmightsee—intotheexecutionchamberattheotherendofit.

           Alsoatanytime,ingoingtovisitalawyerorrelativebroughtintotheolddeathhouseforthispurpose,itwasnecessarytopassalongthemiddlepassagetothissmalleroneandsointotheolddeathhouse,theretobehousedinacell,frontedbyawirescreentwofeetdistant,betweenwhichandthecellproperaguardmustsitwhileaprisonerandhisguest(wife,son,mother,daughter,brother,lawyer)shouldconverse—theguardhearingall.Nohand-clasps,nokisses,nofriendlytouchesofanykind—notevenanintimatewordthatalisteningguardmightnothear.Andwhenthefatalhourforanyonehadatlastarrived,everyprisoner—ifsinisterorsimple,sensitiveorofruggedtexture—wasactuallyifnotintentionallycompelledtohearifnotwitnessthefinalpreparations—theremovalofthecondemnedmantooneofthecellsoftheolderdeathhouse,thefinalandperhapsweepingvisitofamother,son,daughter,father.

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