Американская трагедия

Chapter 29

           

           Butthecurseoftheplacewasnotbecauseoftheseadvantages,suchastheywere,butinspiteofthemthisunremittedcontact,asanyonecouldsee,withmindsnowterrorizedanddiscoloredbythethoughtofanapproachingdeaththatwassonearformanythatitwasasanicyhanduponthebroworshoulder.Andnonewhateverthebravadocapableofenduringitwithoutmentalorphysicaldeteriorationinsomeform.Thegloomsthestrainstheindefinableterrorsanddespairsthatblewlikewindsorbreathsaboutthisplaceanddepressedorterrorizedallbyturns!Theyweremanifestatthemostunexpectedmoments,bycurses,sighs,tearseven,callsforasongforGod’ssake!orthemostunintendedandunexpectedyellsorgroans.Worseyet,andproductiveofperhapsthemostgrindinganddestroyingofallthemiseriesherethetransversepassageleadingbetweentheolddeathhouseontheonehandandtheexecution-chamberontheother.Forthisfromtimetotimealas,howfrequentlywasthesceneorstageforatleastapartofthetragedythatwasheresoregularlyenactedthefinalbusinessofexecution.

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