Chapter 6

           IntheinterimthementalstateofClydesincethathourwhen,thewaterclosingoverRoberta,hehadmadehiswaytotheshore,andthen,afterchanginghisclothes,hadsubsequentlyarrivedatSharonandthelakesidelodgeoftheCranstons,wasalmostoneofcompletementalderangement,mainlycausedbyfearandconfusioninhisownmindastowhetherhedidordidnotbringaboutheruntimelyend.Atthesametimeatthelakesidetherealizationthatifbyanychancehewerethenandtherefound,skulkingsouthratherthanreturningnorthtotheinnatBigBitterntoreportthisseemingaccident,therewouldbesufficienthardnessandcrueltytothelookofitalltoconvinceanyonethatachargeofmurdershouldbemadeagainsthim,hadfiercelytorturedhim.For,ashenowsawit,hereallywasnotguilty—washe,sinceatthelastmomenthehadexperiencedthatchangeofheart?

           Butwhowasgoingtobelievethatnow,sincehedidnotgobacktoexplain?Anditwouldneverdotogobacknow!ForifSondrashouldhearthathehadbeenonthislakewiththisfactorygirl—thathehadregisteredwithherashusbandandwife...God!

           Andthentryingtoexplaintohisuncleafterwards,orhiscold,hardcousin—orallthosesmart,cynicalLycurguspeople!No!No!Havinggonesofarhemustgoon.Disaster—ifnotdeath—layintheoppositedirection.Hewouldhavetomakethebestofthisterriblesituation—makethebestofthisplanthathadendedsostrangelyandsomewhatexculpatorilyforhim.

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