Американская трагедия

Chapter 16

           AndfinallyHortenseaskedhimifshecouldgivehimseventy-fivedollarscashinhand,theotherfortytobepaidinoneweek’stime.Wouldheletherhavethecoatthentotakehomewithher?

           "Butaweekaweekwhatisaweekthen?"arguedMr.Rubenstein."Ifyoucanbringmeseventy-fivenextweekorto-morrow,andfortymoreinanotherweekortendays,whynotwaitaweekandbringthewholehundredandfifteen?Thenthecoatisyoursandnobother.Leavethecoat.Comebackto-morrowandpaymetwenty-fiveorthirtydollarsonaccountandItakethecoatoutofthewindowandlockitupforyou.Noonecanevenseeitthen.Inanotherweekbringmethebalanceorintwoweeks.Thenitisyours."Mr.Rubensteinexplainedtheprocessasthoughitwereadifficultmattertograsp.

           Buttheargumentoncemadewassoundenough.ItreallyleftHortenselittletoargueabout.Atthesametimeitreducedherspiritnotalittle.Tothinkofnotbeingabletotakeitnow.Andyet,onceoutoftheplace,hervigorrevived.For,afterall,thetimefixedwouldsoonpassandifClydeperformedhispartoftheagreementpromptly,thecoatwouldbehers.Theimportantthingnowwastomakehimgivehertwenty-fiveorthirtydollarswherewithtobindthiswonderfulagreement.Onlynow,becauseofthefactthatshefeltthatsheneededanewhattogowiththecoat,shedecidedtosaythatitcostonehundredandtwenty-fiveinsteadofonehundredandfifteen.

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