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Chapter 32

           Thiscell.Thisuncertain,threateningprospectsoveryterribletocontemplateatanytime.Andthenthisletter.Sothiswastheendofallthatwonderfuldream!AndforthishehadsoughtsodesperatelytodisengagehimselffromRoberta—eventothepointofdecidingtoslayher.This!This!Hetoyedwiththeletter,thenhelditquitestill.Wherewasshenow?Whoinlovewith,maybe?Shehadhadtimetochangeperhaps.Shehadonlybeencaptivatedbyhimalittle,maybe.Andthenthatterriblerevelationinconnectionwithhimhaddestroyedforever,nodoubt,allsentimentinconnectionwithhim.Shewasfree.Shehadbeauty—wealth.Nowsomeother—

           Hegotupandwalkedtohiscelldoortostillagreatpain.Overtheway,inthatcelltheChinamanhadonceoccupied,wasaNegro—WashHiggins.Hehadstabbedawaiterinarestaurant,soitwassaid,whohadrefusedhimfoodandtheninsultedhim.AndnexttohimwasayoungJew.Hehadkilledtheproprietorofajewelrystoreintryingtorobit.Buthewasverybrokenandcollapsednowthathewasheretodie—sittingforthemostpartalldayonhiscot,hisheadinhishands.Clydecouldseebothnowfromwherehestood—theJewholdinghishead.ButtheNegroonhiscot,onelegabovetheother,smoking—andsinging—

           "Oh,bigwheelro-a-lin’...hmp!Oh,bigwheelro-a-lin’...hmp!Oh,bigwheelro-a-lin’...hmp!Fohme!Fohme!"

           AndthenClyde,unabletogetawayfromhisownthoughts,turningagain.

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