Американская трагедия

Chapter 32

           Thiscell.Thisuncertain,threateningprospectsoveryterribletocontemplateatanytime.Andthenthisletter.Sothiswastheendofallthatwonderfuldream!AndforthishehadsoughtsodesperatelytodisengagehimselffromRobertaeventothepointofdecidingtoslayher.This!This!Hetoyedwiththeletter,thenhelditquitestill.Wherewasshenow?Whoinlovewith,maybe?Shehadhadtimetochangeperhaps.Shehadonlybeencaptivatedbyhimalittle,maybe.Andthenthatterriblerevelationinconnectionwithhimhaddestroyedforever,nodoubt,allsentimentinconnectionwithhim.Shewasfree.Shehadbeautywealth.Nowsomeother

           Hegotupandwalkedtohiscelldoortostillagreatpain.Overtheway,inthatcelltheChinamanhadonceoccupied,wasaNegroWashHiggins.Hehadstabbedawaiterinarestaurant,soitwassaid,whohadrefusedhimfoodandtheninsultedhim.AndnexttohimwasayoungJew.Hehadkilledtheproprietorofajewelrystoreintryingtorobit.Buthewasverybrokenandcollapsednowthathewasheretodiesittingforthemostpartalldayonhiscot,hisheadinhishands.ClydecouldseebothnowfromwherehestoodtheJewholdinghishead.ButtheNegroonhiscot,onelegabovetheother,smokingandsinging

           "Oh,bigwheelro-a-lin’...hmp!Oh,bigwheelro-a-lin’...hmp!Oh,bigwheelro-a-lin’...hmp!Fohme!Fohme!"

           AndthenClyde,unabletogetawayfromhisownthoughts,turningagain.

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