Американская трагедия

Chapter 43

           

           ForashecamedowntothepublicdockatSharon,adjoiningtheverandaoftheinnatthefootofTwelfthLake,hewasmetbyBertineandherbrotheraswellasSondra,who,inGrant’slaunch,hadmotoreddowntheChaintopickhimup.ThebrightbluewatersoftheIndianChain.Thetall,dark,spearpinesthatsentineledtheshoresoneithersideandgavetothewatersatthewestabandofblackshadowwherethetreesweremirroredsoclearly.Thesmallandlarge,whiteandpinkandgreenandbrownlodgesoneveryhand,withtheirboathouses.Pavilionsbytheshore.Anoccasionalslenderpierreachingoutfromsomespaciousandattimesstatelysummerlodge,suchasthosenowownedbytheCranstons,Finchleysandothers.Thegreenandbluecanoesandlaunches.ThegayhotelandpavilionatPinePointalreadysmartlyattendedbytheearlyarrivalshere!AndthenthepierandboathouseoftheCranstonLodgeitself,withtwoRussianwolfhoundsrecentlyacquiredbyBertinelyingonthegrassneartheshore,apparentlyawaitingherreturn,andaservantJohn,oneofahalfdozenwhoattendedthefamilyhere,waitingtotakethesinglebagofClyde,histennisracquetandgolfsticks.Butmostofallhewasimpressedbythelargeramblingandyetsmartly-designedhouse,withitsbrightgeranium-borderedwalks,itswide,brown,wicker-studdedverandacommandingabeautifulviewofthelake;thecarsandpersonalitiesofthevariousguests,whoingolf,tennisorloungingclothesweretobeseenidlinghereandthere.

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