Американская трагедия

Chapter 30

           

           Butthenandthatnotmorethanaweekafterhiscominghereandwhen,becauseofhisinterestinNicholson,hewasbeginningtofeelslightlysustainedatleasttheexecutionofPasqualeCutrone,ofBrooklyn,anItalian,convictedoftheslayingofhisbrotherforattemptingtoseducehiswife.Hehadoneofthecellsnearestthetransversepassage,soClydelearnedafterarriving,andhadinpartlosthismindfromworrying.Atanyratehewasinvariablyleftinhiscellwhentheothersingroupsofsixweretakenforexercise.Butthehorrorofhisemaciatedface,asClydepassedandoccasionallylookedinafacedividedintothreegrimpanelsbytwoguttersorprisonlinesofmiserythatledfromtheeyestothecornersofthemouth.

           Beginningwithhis,Clyde’sarrival,ashelearned,Pasqualehadbeguntopraynightandday.Foralready,beforethat,hehadbeennotifiedoftheapproximatedateofhisdeathwhichwastobewithintheweek.Andafterthathewasgiventocrawlingupanddownhiscellonhishandsandknees,kissingthefloor,lickingthefeetofabrassChristonacrossthathadbeengivenhim.AlsohewasrepeatedlyvisitedbyanItalianbrotherandsisterfreshfromItalyandforwhosebenefitatcertainhours,hewasremovedtotheolddeathhouse.Butasallnowwhispered,Pasqualewasmentallybeyondanyhelpthatmightlieinbrothersorsisters.

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