Американська трагедія

Chapter 39

           

           Summerdaysperhaps,andthatsoon,inwhichheandshewouldbeinacanoeatTwelfthLake,thelongshadowsofthetreesonthebanklengtheningoverthesilverywater,thewindripplingthesurfacewhilehepaddledandsheidledandtorturedhimwithhintsofthefuture;acertainforestpath,grass-soddenandsun-mottledtothesouthandwestoftheCranstonandPhantestates,neartheirs,throughwhichtheymightcanterinJuneandJulytoawonderfulviewknownasInspirationPointsomesevenmileswest;thecountryfairatSharon,atwhich,inagypsycostume,theessenceofromanceitself,shewouldsuperintendabooth,or,inhersmartestridinghabit,giveanexhibitionofherhorsemanshipteas,dancesintheafternoonandinthemoonlightatwhich,languishinginhisarms,theireyeswouldspeak.

           Noneofthecompulsionofthepractical.Noneoftheinhibitionswhichthedominanceandpossiblefutureoppositionofherparentsmightimply.Justloveandsummer,andidyllicandhappyprogresstowardaneventualsecureandunopposedunionwhichshouldgivehimtoherforever.

           Andinthemeantime,insofarasRobertawasconcerned,twomorelong,dreary,terrifyingmonthsgoingbywithoutthatmeditatedactiononherpartwhichmustresultonceitwastakeninClyde’sundoing.For,asconvincedasshewasthatapartfrommeditatingandthinkingofsomewaytoescapehisresponsibility,Clydehadnorealintentionofmarryingher,still,likeClyde,shedrifted,fearingtoactreally.

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