Американская трагедия

Chapter 30

           

           Allnightlongandalldaylong,whentheywerenotpresent,hedidthiscrawlingtoandfroandpraying,andthosewhowereawakeandtryingtoreadtopassthetime,werecompelledtolistentohismumbledprayers,theclickofthebeadsofarosaryonwhichhewasnumberingnumberlessOurFathersandHailMarys.

           Andthoughtherewerevoiceswhichoccasionallysaid:"Oh,forChrist’ssakeifhewouldonlysleepalittle"—stillon,on.Andthetapofhisforeheadonthefloorinprayer,untilatlastthefataldayprecedingtheoneonwhichhewastodie,whenPasqualewastakenfromhiscellhereandescortedtoanotherintheolddeathhousebeyondandwhere,beforethefollowingmorning,asClydelaterlearned,lastfarewells,ifany,weretobesaid.Alsohewastobeallowedafewhoursinwhichtopreparehissoulforhismaker.

           Butthroughoutthatnightwhatastrangeconditionwasthisthatsettleduponallwhowereofthisfatalroom.Fewateanysupperasthedepartingtraysshowed.TherewassilenceandafterthatmumbledprayersonthepartofsomenotsogreatlyremovedbytimefromPasquale’sfate,astheyknew.OneItalian,sentencedforthemurderofabankwatchman,becamehysterical,screamed,dashedthechairandtableofhiscellagainstthebarsofhisdoor,torethesheetsofhisbedtoshredsandevensoughttostranglehimselfbeforeeventuallyhewasoverpoweredandremovedtoacellinadifferentpartofthebuildingtobeobservedastohissanity.

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