Американская трагедия

Chapter 32

           Thewayofthetransgressor.Andsoitwashandedtohimatthecloseofalatefalldayafteralonganddrearysummerhadpassed(soonayearsincehehadenteredhere).Andhetakingit.Andalthoughitwastypewrittenwithnodatenorplaceontheenvelope,whichwaspostmarkedNewYorkyetsensingsomehowthatitmightbefromher.Andgrowingdecidedlynervoussomuchsothathishandtrembledslightly.Andthenreadingoverandoverandoverduringmanydaysthereafter:"ClydeThisissothatyouwillnotthinkthatsomeoneoncedeartoyouhasutterlyforgottenyou.Shehassufferedmuch,too.Andthoughshecanneverunderstandhowyoucouldhavedoneasyoudid,still,evennow,althoughsheisnevertoseeyouagain,sheisnotwithoutsorrowandsympathyandwishesyoufreedomandhappiness."

           Butnosignaturenotraceofherownhandwriting.Shewasafraidtosignhernameandshewastooremotefromhiminhermoodnowtolethimknowwhereshewas.NewYork!Butitmighthavebeensenttherefromanywheretomail.Andshewouldnotlethimknowwouldneverlethimknoweventhoughhediedherelater,aswellhemight.Hislasthopethelasttraceofhisdreamvanished.Forever!Itwasatthatmoment,aswhennightatlastfallsuponthefaintestremaininggleamofduskinthewest.Adim,weakeningtingeofpinkandthenthedark.

           Heseatedhimselfonhiscot.Thewretchedstripesofhisuniformandhisgrayfeltshoestookhiseye.Afelon.Thesestripes.Theseshoes.

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