Американська трагедія

Chapter 13

           Hadhismotherheardanythingfromher?

           Andthencuriouslyenoughheobservedthathismother’smannerwasnotexactlywhathethoughtitshouldhavebeenunderthecircumstances.Hisownattitudehadbeenoneofcommingledastonishment,pleasure,curiosityandsympathybecauseofthesuddendisappearanceandnowsuddenreappearanceofEsta.Coulditbethathismotherhadusedthathundreddollarstobringherback?Thethoughthadcometohimwhyorfromwhere,hecouldnotsay.Hewondered.Butifso,whyhadshenotreturnedtoherhome,atleasttonotifythefamilyofherpresencehere?

           Heexpectedhismotherwouldbeasastonishedandpuzzledashewasquickandcuriousfordetails.Instead,sheappearedtohimtobeobviouslyconfusedandtakenabackbythisinformation,asthoughshewashearingaboutsomethingthatshealreadyknewandwaspuzzledastojustwhatherattitudeshouldbe.

           "Oh,didyou?Where?Justnow,yousay?AtEleventhandBaltimore?Well,isn’tthatstrange?ImustspeaktoAsaaboutthis.It’sstrangethatshewouldn’tcomehereifsheisback."Hereyes,ashesaw,insteadoflookingastonished,lookedpuzzled,disturbed.Hermouth,alwaysthecasewhenshewasalittleembarrassedanddisconcerted,workedoddlynotonlythelipsbutthejawitself.

           "Well,well,"sheadded,afterapause."Thatisstrange.Perhapsitwasjustsomeonewholookedlikeher.

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