Американская трагедия

Chapter 16

           Andbeforehecouldaddanythingtothenervousgloomwhichshadowedherface,sheadded:"Thatothermoneywasforher,youknow,tobringherbackhereafterherher"—shehesitatedovertheappropriatewordbutfinallyadded—"husbandleftherthereinPittsburgh.Isupposeshetoldyouthat."

           "Yes,shedid,"repliedClyde,heavilyandsadly.Forafterall,Esta’sconditionwasplainlycritical,whichwassomethingthathehadnotstoppedtomeditateonbefore.

           "Gee,Ma,"heexclaimed,thethoughtofthefiftydollarsinhispocketanditsintendeddestinationtroublinghimconsiderablytheverysumhismotherwasseeking."Idon’tknowwhetherIcandothatornot.Idon’tknowanyoftheboysdowntherewellenoughforthat.Andtheydon’tmakeanymorethanIdo,either.Imightborrowalittlesomething,butitwon’tlookverygood."Hechokedandswallowedalittle,forlyingtohismotherinthiswaywasnoteasy.Infact,hehadneverhadoccasiontolieinconnectionwithanythingsotryingandsodespicably.Forherewasfiftydollarsinhispocketatthemoment,withHortenseontheonehandandhismotherandsisterontheother,andthemoneywouldsolvehismother’sproblemasfullyasitwouldHortense’s,andmorerespectably.Howterribleitwasnottohelpher.Howcouldherefuseher,really?Nervouslyhelickedhislipsandpassedahandoverhisbrow,foranervousmoisturehadbrokenoutuponhisface.Hefeltstrainedandmeanandincompetentunderthecircumstances.

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