Американская трагедия

Chapter 19

           

           Whathappenedafterwardsismoreorlessofamysteryandamatterofconfusion,notonlytoClyde,buttoalltheothers.ForSparserandLauraSipe,beinginfront,weredashedagainstthewind-shieldandtheroofandknockedsenseless,Sparser,havinghisshoulder,hipandleftkneewrenchedinsuchawayastomakeitnecessarytolethimlieinthecarashewasuntilanambulancearrived.Hecouldnotpossiblybeliftedoutthroughthedoor,whichwasintheroofasthecarnowlay.Andinthesecondseat,Clyde,beingnearestthedoortotheleftandnexttohimHortense,LucilleNickolasandRatterer,waspinionedunderandyetnotcrushedbytheircombinedweights.ForHortenseinfallinghadbeenthrowncompletelyoverhimonhersideagainsttheroof,whichwasnowtheleftwall.AndLucille,nextaboveher,fellinsuchawayastolieacrossClyde’sshouldersonly,whileRatterer,nowtopmostofthefour,had,infalling,beenthrownovertheseatinfrontofhim.Butgraspingthesteeringwheelinfrontofhimashefell,thesamehavingbeenwrenchedfromSparser’shands,hehadbrokenhisfallinpartbyclingingtoit.Butevenso,hisfaceandhandswerecutandbruisedandhisshoulder,armandhipslightlywrenched,yetnotsufficientlytopreventhisbeingofassistancetotheothers.Foratonce,realizingtheplightoftheothersaswellashisown,andstirredbytheirscreams,Rattererwasmovedtodrawhimselfupandoutthroughthetoporsidedoorwhichhenowsucceededinopening,scramblingovertheotherstoreachit.

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