Американская трагедия

Chapter 14

           

           Andthen,thenextdayBelknapsittingonastoolandmunchingchocolatebars,listenedwhileClydebeforehimonhisironcot,pouredforthhisstoryallthedetailsofhislifesincearrivingatLycurgushowandwhyhehadcomethere,theincidentoftheslainchildinKansasCity,without,however,mentionoftheclippingwhichhehimselfhadpreservedandthenforgotten;hismeetingwithRoberta,andhisdesireforher;herpregnancyandhowhehadsoughttogetheroutofitonandonuntil,shehavingthreatenedtoexposehim,hehadatlast,andingreatdistressandfright,foundtheiteminTheTimes–Unionandhadsoughttoemulatethatinaction.Buthehadneverplotteditpersonally,asBelknapwastounderstand.Norhadheintentionallykilledheratthelast.No,hehadnot.Mr.Belknapmustbelievethat,whateverelsehethought.Hehadneverdeliberatelystruckher.No,no,no!Ithadbeenanaccident.Therehadbeenacamera,andthetripodreportedtohavebeenfoundbyMasonwasunquestionablyhistripod.Also,hehadhiddenitunderalog,afteraccidentallystrikingRobertawiththecameraandthenseeingthatsinkunderthewaters,wherenodoubtitstillwas,andwithpicturesofhimselfandRobertaonthefilmitcontained,iftheywerenotdissolvedbythewater.Buthehadnotstruckherintentionally.Nohehadnot.Shehadapproachedandhehadstruck,butnotintentionally.Theboathadupset.

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