Американская трагедия

Chapter 28

           

           Butafterthisonebriefcolorfulflightintheopensincehisarrest,pastthesewaitingthrongsandoverwintersunlitfieldsandhillsofsnowthatremindedhimofLycurgus,Sondra,Roberta,andallthathehadsokaleidoscopicallyandfatallyknowninthetwentymonthsjustpast,thegrayandrestrainingwallsofAuburnitselfwith,oncehewaspresentedtoaclerkinthewarden’sofficeandhisnameandcrimeenteredinthebookshimselfassignedtotwoassistants,whosawtoitthathewasgivenaprisonbathandhaircutallthewavy,blackhairhesomuchadmiredcutawayaprison-stripeduniformandhideouscapofthesamematerial,prisonunderwearandheavygrayfeltshoestoquiettherestlessprisontreadinwhichintimehemightindulge,togetherwiththenumber,77221.

           Andsoaccoutered,immediatelytransferredtothedeathhouseproper,whereinacellonthegroundfloorhewasnowlockedasquarishlightcleanspace,eightbytenfeetinsizeandfittedwithsanitaryplumbingaswellasacotbed,atable,achairandasmallrackforbooks.Andherethen,whilehebarelysensedthattherewereothercellsabouthimrangingupanddownawidehallhefirststoodandthenseatedhimselfnownolongerbuoyedbythemoreintimateandsociablelifeofthejailatBridgeburgorthosestrangethrongsandscenesthathadpunctuatedhistriphere.

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