Американская трагедия

Chapter 5

           ButinthemeantimebeingfurnishedwithanaccuratedescriptionofClyde,henowfurnishedthisaswellasthefactthathewaswantedformurder,notonlytothedistrictattorneyandthechiefofpoliceofLycurgus,buttoNewtonSlack,thesheriffatBridgeburg,aswellastoHeitandhisownassistant,urgingallthreetoproceedatoncetoSharon,wherehewouldmeetthem.

           Atthesametime,speakingasthoughforMrs.Peyton,henowcalleduponthelongdistancetelephonetheCranstonlodgeatPinePoint,andgettingthebutleronthewire,inquiredwhetherMr.ClydeGriffithschancedtobethere."Yessir,heis,sir,buthe’snotherenow,sir.Ithinkhe’sonacampingpartyfartherupthelake,sir.Anymessage,sir?"Andinresponsetofurtherinquiries,herepliedthathecouldnotsayexactlyapartyhadgone,presumably,toBearLakesomethirtymilesfartherup,butwhenitwouldreturnhecouldnotsaynotlikelybeforeadayortwo.ButdistinctlythissameClydewaswiththatparty.

           AndatonceMasonrecalledthesheriffatBridgeburg,instructinghimtotakefourorfivedeputieswithhimsothatthesearchingpartymightdivideatSharonandseizethissameClydewhereverhechancedtobe.AndthrowhiminjailatBridgeburg,wherehecouldexplain,withalldueprocessoflaw,thestartlingcircumstancesthatthusfarseemedtounescapablypointtohimasthemurdererofRobertaAlden.

           

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