Американская трагедия

Chapter 20

           TheyCHARGE"(andhereClyde,becauseofwhisperedadvicefromJephson,wasleaningbackascomfortablyaspossibleandgazingasimperturbablyaspossibleuponthefaceofMason,whowaslookingdirectlyathim)"thatthissameClydeGriffiths,beforeeverthiscrimewascommittedbyhim,plottedforweekstheplanandcommissionofit,andthen,withmaliceaforethoughtandincoldblood,executedit.

           "Andinchargingthesethings,thepeopleoftheStateofNewYorkexpectto,andwill,producebeforeyousubstantiationsofeveryoneofthem.Youwillbegivenfacts,andofthesefactsyou,notI,aretobethesolejudge."

           Andherehepausedoncemore,andshiftingtoadifferentphysicalpositionwhiletheeageraudiencecrowdedandleanedforward,hungryandthirstyforeverywordheshouldutter,henowliftedonearmanddramaticallypushingbackhiscurlyhair,resumed:

           "Gentlemen,itwillnottakemelongtopicture,norwillyoufailtoperceiveforyourselvesasthiscaseproceeds,thetypeofgirlthiswaswhoselifewassocruellyblottedoutbeneaththewatersofBigBittern.Allthetwentyyearsofherlife"(andMasonknewwellthatshewastwenty-threeandtwoyearsolderthanClyde)"nopersonwhoeverknewhereversaidonewordincriticismofhercharacter.Andnoevidencetothateffect,Iampositive,willbeintroducedinthistrial.SomewhatoverayearagoonJuly19shewenttothecityofLycurgus,inorderthatbyworkingwithherownhandsshemighthelpherfamily.

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