Американская трагедия

Chapter 13

           DarrahBrookhart,alarge,well-dressed,well-fed,ponderousandcautiouscorporationlawyer,withoneeyehalfconcealedbyadroopinglidandhisstomachratherprotuberant,givingonetheimpressionofbeingmentallyifnotexactlyphysicallysuspended,balloon-wise,insomehighlyrarefiedatmospherewherehewasmovedeasilyhitherandyonbythelightestbreathofpreviouslegalinterpretationsordecisionsofanykind.Intheabsenceofadditionalfacts,theguiltofClyde(tohim)seemedobvious.Or,waivingthat,ashesawitaftercarefullylisteningtoSmillie’srecountingofallthesuspiciousandincriminatingcircumstances,hewouldthinkitverydifficulttoconstructanevenpartiallysatisfactorydefense,unlessthereweresomefactsfavoringClydewhichhadnotthusfarappeared.Thosetwohats,thatbaghisslippingawaylikethat.Thoseletters.Buthewouldprefertoreadthem.Foruponthefaceofthedatasofar,unquestionablypublicsentimentwouldbeallagainstClydeandinfavorofthedeadgirlandherpovertyandherclass,asituationwhichmadeafavorableverdictinsuchabackwoodscountyseatasBridgeburgalmostimpossible.ForClyde,althoughhimselfpoor,wasthenephewofarichmanandhithertoingoodstandinginLycurgussociety.Thatwouldmostcertainlytendtoprejudicecountry-bornpeopleagainsthim.Itwouldprobablybebettertoaskforachangeofvenuesoastonullifytheforceofsuchaprejudice.

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