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Chapter 33

           Actuallyhewouldliketogoovertheoffenseofwhichhewasconvictedandseeiftherewasanythingwronginhisunderstandingofit.Hewasnotsosurenow.AndMcMillan,greatlystirred—anenormousspiritualtriumph,this—ashesawit—thetruerewardoffaithandprayer,atonceproceedingtothewarden,whowasgladenoughtobeofserviceinsuchacause.Andhepermittedtheuseofoneofthecellsintheolddeathhouseforaslongasheshouldrequire,andwithnoguardbetweenhimselfandClyde—oneonlyremaininginthegeneralhalloutside.

           AndthereClydebeganthestoryofhisrelationswithRobertaandSondra.Yetbecauseofallthathadbeensetforthatthetrial,merelyreferringtomostoftheevidence—apartfromhisdefense—thechangeofheart,asso;afterwardsdwellingmoreparticularlyonthefataladventurewithRobertaintheboat.DidtheReverendMcMillan—becauseoftheoriginalplotting—andhencetheoriginalintent—thinkhimguilty?—especiallyinviewofhisobsessionoverSondra—allhisdreamsinregardtoher—didthattrulyconstitutemurder?Hewasaskingthisbecause,ashesaid,itwasashehaddone—notashistestimonyatthetrialhadindicatedthathehaddone.Itwasaliethathehadexperiencedachangeofheart.Hisattorneyshadcounseledthatdefenseasbest,sincetheydidnotfeelthathewasguilty,andhadthoughtthatplanthequickestroutetoliberty.Butitwasalie.

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