Американская трагедия

Chapter 28

           

           However,Oberwaltzer,withoutthefaintestsignofsurpriseorperturbation,nowcontinued:"Isthereanythingelseyoucaretosay?"

           "No,"repliedClyde,afteramoment’shesitation.

           "ClydeGriffiths,"thenconcludedOberwaltzer,"thejudgmentoftheCourtisthatyou,ClydeGriffiths,forthemurderinthefirstdegreeofone,RobertaAlden,whereofyouareconvicted,be,andyouareherebysentencedtothepunishmentofdeath;anditisorderedthat,withintendaysafterthisday’ssessionofCourt,theSheriffofthiscountyofCataraquideliveryou,togetherwiththewarrantofthisCourt,totheAgentandWardenoftheStatePrisonoftheStateofNewYorkatAuburn,whereyoushallbekeptinsolitaryconfinementuntiltheweekbeginningMondaythe28thdayofJanuary,19and,uponsomedaywithintheweeksoappointed,thesaidAgentandWardenoftheStatePrisonoftheStateofNewYorkatAuburniscommendedtodoexecutionuponyou,ClydeGriffiths,inthemodeandmannerprescribedbythelawsoftheStateofNewYork."

           Andthatdone,asmilefromMrs.GriffithstoherboyandanansweringsmilefromClydetoher.ForsincehehadannouncedthathewasnotguiltyHERE—herspirithadriseninthefaceofthissentence.Hewasreallyinnocenthemustbe,sincehehaddeclaredithere.AndClydebecauseofhersmilesayingtohimself,hismotherbelievedinhimnow.Shehadnotbeenswayedbyalltheevidenceagainsthim.

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