Американська трагедія

Chapter 38

           Besides,ofwhomcouldheasknow?Ofwhom?Thesethingstooktime,didn’tthey?Yetinthemeantime,thedaysgoingby,bothheandRobertahadampletimetoconsiderwhat,ifany,stepstheymusttaketheoneinregardtotheotherincasenomedicalorsurgicalsolutionwasfound.ForRoberta,whileurgingandurging,ifnotsomuchbywordsasbyexpressionandmoodatherwork,wasdeterminedthatshemustnotbelefttofightthisoutaloneshecouldnotbe.Ontheotherhand,asshecouldsee,Clydedidnothing.Forapartfromwhathehadalreadyattemptedtodo,hewasabsolutelyatalosshowtoproceed.Hehadnointimatesandinconsequencehecouldonlythinkofpresentingtheproblemasanimaginaryonetooneindividualandanotherhereorthereinthehopeofextractingsomehelpfulinformation.Atthesametime,andasimpracticalandevasiveasitmayseem,therewasthecallofthatdivertingworldofwhichSondrawasapart,eveningsandSundays,when,inspiteofRoberta’swretchedstateandmood,hewascalledtogohereandthere,anddid,becauseinsodoinghewasactuallyrelievinghisownmindofthedreadspecterofdisasterthatwasalmostconstantlybeforeit.Ifonlyhecouldgetheroutofthis!Ifonlyhecould.Buthow,withoutmoney,intimates,amorefamiliarunderstandingofthemedicalorifnotthatexactly,thenthesubrosaworldofsexualfree-masonrywhichsomeattimesthebell-hopsoftheGreen–Davidson,forinstance,seemedtounderstand.

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