Американская трагедия

Chapter 18

           Thentheothersseparating,HegglundpushedMaidaAxelrodbeforehimdownstreamoutofsightaroundabend.Higby,seeminglytakinghiscuefromthis,pulledTinaKogelupstream,andRattererandLucille,seemingtoseesomethingofinterest,struckintoathicket,laughingandtalkingastheywent.EvenSparserandLaura,lefttothemselves,nowwanderedoff,leavingClydeandHortensealone.

           Andthen,asthesetwowanderedtowardafallenlogwhichhereparalleledthestream,shesatdown.ButClyde,smartingfromhisfanciedwounds,stoodsilentforthetimebeing,whileshe,sensingasmuch,tookhimbythebeltofhiscoatandbegantopullathim.

           "Giddap,horsey,"sheplayed."Giddap.Myhorseyhastoskatemenowontheice."

           Clydelookedatherglumly,gloweringmentally,andnottobedivertedsoeasilyfromtheillswhichhefelttobehis.

           "Whadd’yewantaletthatfellowSparseralwayshangaroundyoufor?"hedemanded."Isawyougoingupthecreektherewithhimawhileago.Whatdidhesaytoyouupthere?"

           "Hedidn’tsayanything."

           "Oh,no,ofcoursenot,"herepliedcynicallyandbitterly."Andmaybehedidn’tkissyou,either."

           "Ishouldsaynot,"shereplieddefinitelyandspitefully,"I’dliketoknowwhatyouthinkIam,anyhow.Idon’tletpeoplekissmethefirsttimetheyseeme,smarty,andIwantyoutoknowit.

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