Американська трагедія

Chapter 30

           

           Thetwodark-eyedsinister-lookingItalians,oneofwhomhadslainagirlbecauseshewouldnotmarryhim;theotherwhohadrobbedandthenslainandattemptedtoburnthebodyofhisfather-in-lawinordertogetmoneyforhimselfandhiswife!AndbigLarryDonahue—square-headed,square-shouldered—bigoffeetandhands,anoverseassoldier,who,beingejectedfromajobasnightwatchmaninaBrooklynfactory,hadlainfortheforemanwhohaddischargedhim—andthenkilledhimonanopencommonsomewhereatnight,butwithouttheskilltokeepfromlosingaservicemedalwhichhadeventuallyservedtobetrayandidentifyhim.Clydehadlearnedallthisfromthestrangelyindifferentandnon-committal,yetseeminglyfriendlyguards,whowereoverthesecellsbynightandbyday—twoandtwo,turnabout—whorelievedeachothereveryeighthours.AndpoliceofficerRiordanofRochester,whohadkilledhiswifebecauseshewasdeterminedtoleavehim—andnow,himself,wastodie.AndThomasMowrer,theyoung"farmer"orfarmhand,ashereallywas,whomClydeonhisfirstnighthadheardmoaning—amanwhohadkilledhisemployerwithapitchfork—andwassoontodienow—asClydeheard,andwhowalkedandwalked,keepingclosetothewall—hisheaddown,hishandsbehindhisback—arude,strong,loutishmanofaboutthirty,wholookedmorebeatenandbetrayedthanasthoughhehadbeenabletotortureordestroyanother.Clydewonderedabouthim—hisrealguilt.

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