american tragedy

Chapter 94 (2)
Chapter 245 (2)
After Friday's phone call, he went to the Lycurgus Hotel and got three different guidebooks with inns, cottages, inns and other houses in Great Buckton, Long Lake, and more out of the way Case.It would be great if there was some way to get to that desolate Lake District that the guide in Great Biton mentioned last time, the problem is that there may be no boats to row in this area of ​​the Lake District! Isn't he on the train again on Saturday Did you buy four guidebooks at the stand at the station? (Still in your pocket now.) Didn’t it make it clear that this railway runs north to Great Berton, and there are many small lakes and small hotels along the way.Maybe the two of them could play for a day or two if Roberta said yes.In any case, it was necessary to stay for one night before leaving for Big Burton and Grass Lake.Didn't he pay special attention to that point?It is said that the lake is very beautiful, and there are at least three very nice villas or country hotels, which only cost twenty dollars a week for two people.That said, it only cost five dollars a night.It must be so, so, as he planned these days, he was going to tell her that she needed a good rest before going to a strange place, and it didn't cost much.According to the guidebook, the fare and all other expenses would be about fifteen dollars, if they went to Grass Lake for a day, one of the first two days in Utiga, and, all that, He must describe it to her as a pre-wedding honeymoon, a little pleasant trip.If she planned to marry before then, he must not give in, never.

(There are five birds flying towards the jungle over there, at the foot of the mountains over there.)
Of course it would not do to go directly to Great Berton as soon as Utiga was reached for boating, and it would take a whole day and a seventy-mile walk, which sounded unreasonable to her or anyone else's ears. of.It might even make her suspicious.Since he had to leave her for a while in Utiga to buy a straw hat, it would be best to spend the first night in a cheap, unobtrusive hotel in Utiga.Then, once there, I proposed to go to Caohu Lake.From there it is possible to go to Great Berton in the morning.He might as well have said that Big Berton was more beautiful, or that they were going to Three Mile Bay.As far as he knew, it was just a small village where they could get married, but they could also stay in Big Berton halfway, as a play.He might as well have said that he wanted her to see the lake and take some pictures, and that was what he wanted to do, and he had bought the camera so that he could take pictures of Sandra later!

What a vicious conspiracy!
(There are nine cows of different colors beside the green hill.)
But, besides, with the tripod and his tennis racket attached to the suitcase in this way, people might think they were visitors from far away.If they're missing, they're not from this area, aren't they? Didn't the guide say the lake is 75 feet deep, like Pass Lake? As for Roberta's hand strength, hey, what does it matter? Seriously Yes, he hadn't thought of that.

(the three cars over there are going almost as fast as the train)
Well, after a night at Grass Lake (he might as well say he was going to marry her at Three Mile Bay, north of Lake Grace, there was a priest there he'd met before), and he asked her to leave her luggage at Kenlownay station.There they were going to catch a bus to Great Berton.As for his suitcase, he was ready to take it with him.He might as well talk to someone, maybe to the charterer or to the driver that he has a camera in his suitcase and ask where the best view is, or that there is a snack in the suitcase for lunch.Wouldn't it be a better idea, bringing a snack for lunch, maybe even Roberta could be fooled, wouldn't it, and besides, wouldn't it also fool the driver? People sometimes just put their cameras on the lake in the suitcase.Anyway, at least this time, he had to take his suitcase with him.Otherwise, why plan to go to the island in the south, and then go through the woods from there?
(What a terrible plan! Can he really pull it off?)
He didn't like the weird cry of the Great Burton bird, though.Besides, maybe they would meet the guide again, and the guide might remember him, which made him sullen.He didn't talk to him at all, he didn't even get out of the car, he just glanced at him from the car window. According to his memory, the guide didn't even glance at him, only talking to Grant Cranston, Harry ? Baggit spoke.They got out of the car, and it was all they said.But what if the guide was there, and remembered him? But how could he remember, since he had never seen him? The guide might not remember him at all, and might not be there at all.But, why, his hands, his face, are all wet? Even wet and cold, his knees are shaking constantly.

(This train is going exactly along the bend of the river...Last summer, he and Roberta...but no...)
As soon as they got to Utiga, he had to do it, must remember, never panic, remember! He had to let her go ahead of him in the street, like, they had to be a hundred feet apart.In this way, no one would suspect that he was following her.Somewhere, when it was just the two of them together, he would go up and explain everything to her, and he had to act very eager to make her think he really cared about her, he had to, If you want her to listen to him.And then... and, by the way, keep her waiting, and he'll go buy a new straw hat, um, maybe on the lake, and paddles, of course, and her hat, and... ah...

(The train makes a long, shrill sound. Damn it, he's already flustered)
Before entering the hotel, however, he had to go back to the station and put the new straw hat in his suitcase.Or, better, look for a hotel of his choice, keeping the straw hat close at hand, and then he'll go find her and take her to wait for him at the door of the hotel he's found, while he attends to the suitcase, of course, If there weren't many people around, it didn't matter if they went in together, but she would have to wait in the women's lounge while he registered, perhaps under the name Charlie Golden this time.Then, in the morning, if she agrees to it, or if there is a train, they can go to Grass Lake in different carriages that night, at least until they pass Lake No. 12 or Sharon. It has to be done.

(There's beautiful Cranston House there, beautiful Sandra!)

Then... then...

(The big red barn nearby, and the little white house, and the windmill, like the ones he'd seen in Illinois, Missouri, Chicago.)
At the same time, Roberta, who was sitting in the front car, was thinking that Clyde didn't seem to have no feelings for her.Of course he must have been sad to leave Lycurgus while he was enjoying himself.But on the other hand, since she was already here, she had no choice.She had to get along with him, not too pushy or bothering him, not too weak and withdrawn.Because, after all, it was Clyde who had brought her to this end.He did so, at least.When she arrived, she had to take care of the children, and from then on, she had to endure all kinds of pain.Later, she would have to tell her parents the fruits of this mysterious experience, including her current disappearance and marriage, if Clyde married her at all.However, she must insist on this, and do it as soon as possible, maybe in Utiga, the first place they go, get a piece of her marriage certificate, for herself and her child, the unborn The child is also a member of the Griffith family.This is no small matter.

(That river is beautiful! It reminds her of the Mohawk River, and of her walks with him last summer after they met. Ah! Last summer! Now this!)
No doubt they were going to stay somewhere, but where? In what town or city? How far from Lycurgus or Biltz? The farther from Biltz the better. , although she also hopes to see her parents again, and can't wait, but since the two of them left here together.And you're about to get married, so what's the problem?

Did he notice her blue dress and brown hat? Did he think she was prettier than the rich ladies with whom he was often associated? She had to behave herself so as not to offend him.However, they could have enjoyed a good life, as long as... as long as they were in his heart, even if it was just a little space...

Then, on to Utiga.Later, on a quiet street, Clyde first contacted Roberta. He looked innocent and kind, but also worried and disgusted.To be honest, this is just a mask. Behind this mask is a kind of fear, fear of the execution of the plan, fear of the success or failure of the plan.

(End of this chapter)