Американская трагедия

Chapter 38

           HehadwrittentoRatterer,ofcourse,buttherehadbeennoanswer,sinceRattererhadremovedtoFloridaandasyetClyde’sletterhadnotreachedhim.Andlocallyallthoseheknewbestwereeitherconnectedwiththefactoryorsocietyindividualsontheonehandtooinexperiencedordangerous,orontheotherhand,tooremoteanddangerous,sincehewasnotsufficientlyintimatewithanyofthemasyettocommandtheirtrueconfidenceandsecrecy.

           Atthesametimehemustdosomethinghecouldnotjustrestanddrift.AssuredlyRobertacouldnotlongpermithimtodothatfacedasshewasbyexposure.Andsofromtimetotimeheactuallyrackedhimselfseizeduponstrawsandwhatwouldhavebeenlookeduponbymostasforlornchances.Thus,forinstance,anassociateforeman,chancingtoreminisceonedayconcerningacertaingirlinhisdepartmentwhohad"gottenintrouble"andhadbeencompelledtoleave,hehadbeengiventheopportunitytoinquirewhathethoughtsuchagirldidincaseshecouldnotaffordordidnotwanttohaveachild.Butthisparticularforeman,beingasuninformedashimself,merelyobservedthatsheprobablyhadtoseeadoctorifsheknewoneor"gothroughwithit"—whichleftClydeexactlywherehewas.Onanotheroccasion,inconnectionwithaconversationinabarbershop,relatingtoalocalcasereportedinTheStarwhereagirlwassuingalocalne’er-do-wellforbreachofpromise,theremarkwasmadethatshewould"neverhavesuedthatguy,youbet,unlessshehadto.

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