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Yet
with
the
iterated
and
reiterated
thought
,
based
on
the
seemingly
irreparable
and
irreconcilable
loss
of
Sondra
,
as
to
whether
it
was
possible
for
him
to
go
on
with
this
--
make
this
,
as
he
at
times
saw
it
,
almost
useless
fight
.
At
times
,
in
the
middle
of
the
night
or
just
before
dawn
,
with
all
the
prison
silent
--
dreams
--
a
ghastly
picture
of
all
that
he
most
feared
and
that
dispelled
every
trace
of
courage
and
drove
him
instantly
to
his
feet
,
his
heart
pounding
wildly
,
his
eyes
strained
,
a
cold
damp
upon
his
face
and
hands
.
That
chair
,
somewhere
in
the
State
penitentiary
.
He
had
read
of
it
--
how
men
died
in
it
.
And
then
he
would
walk
up
and
down
,
thinking
how
,
how
,
in
case
it
did
not
come
about
as
Jephson
felt
so
sure
that
it
would
--
in
case
he
was
convicted
and
a
new
trial
refused
--
then
,
well
--
then
,
might
one
be
able
to
break
out
of
such
a
jail
as
this
,
maybe
,
and
run
away
?
These
old
brick
walls
.
How
thick
were
they
?
But
was
it
possible
that
with
a
hammer
or
a
stone
,
or
something
that
some
one
might
bring
him
--
his
brother
Frank
,
or
his
sister
Julia
,
or
Ratterer
,
or
Hegglund
--
if
only
he
could
get
in
communication
with
some
one
of
them
and
get
him
or
her
to
bring
him
something
of
the
kind
--
If
only
he
could
get
a
saw
,
to
saw
those
bars
!
And
then
run
,
run
,
as
he
should
have
in
those
woods
up
there
that
time
!
But
how
?
And
whither
?
OCTOBER
15
--
with
gray
clouds
and
a
sharp
,
almost
January
wind
that
herded
the
fallen
leaves
into
piles
and
then
scurried
them
in
crisp
and
windy
gusts
like
flying
birds
here
and
there
.
And
,
in
spite
of
the
sense
of
struggle
and
tragedy
in
the
minds
of
many
,
with
an
electric
chair
as
the
shadowy
mental
background
to
it
all
,
a
sense
of
holiday
or
festival
,
with
hundreds
of
farmers
,
woodsmen
,
traders
,
entering
in
Fords
and
Buicks
--
farmer
wives
and
husbands
--
daughters
and
sons
--
even
infants
in
arms
.
And
then
idling
about
the
public
square
long
before
the
time
for
court
to
convene
,
or
,
as
the
hour
neared
,
congregating
before
the
county
jail
in
the
hope
of
obtaining
a
glimpse
of
Clyde
,
or
before
the
courthouse
door
nearest
the
jail
,
which
was
to
be
the
one
entrance
to
the
courtroom
for
the
public
and
Clyde
,
and
from
which
position
they
could
see
and
assure
entrance
into
the
courtroom
itself
when
the
time
came
.
And
a
flock
of
pigeons
parading
rather
dismally
along
the
cornices
and
gutters
of
the
upper
floor
and
roof
of
the
ancient
court
.
And
with
Mason
and
his
staff
--
Burton
Burleigh
,
Earl
Newcomb
,
Zillah
Saunders
,
and
a
young
Bridgeburg
law
graduate
by
the
name
of
Manigault
--
helping
to
arrange
the
order
of
evidence
as
well
as
direct
or
instruct
the
various
witnesses
and
venire-men
who
were
already
collecting
in
the
antechamber
of
the
now
almost
nationally
known
attorney
for
the
people
.
And
with
cries
outside
of
:
"
Peanuts
!
"
"
Popcorn
!
"
"
Hot
dogs
!
"
"
Get
the
story
of
Clyde
Griffiths
,
with
all
the
letters
of
Roberta
Alden
.
Only
twenty-five
cents
!
"
(
This
being
a
set
of
duplicate
copies
of
Roberta
's
letters
which
had
been
stolen
from
Mason
's
office
by
an
intimate
of
Burton
Burleigh
's
and
by
him
sold
to
a
penny-dreadful
publisher
of
Binghamton
,
who
immediately
issued
them
in
pamphlet
form
together
with
an
outline
of
"
the
great
plot
"
and
Roberta
's
and
Clyde
's
pictures
.
)
And
in
the
meantime
,
over
in
the
reception
or
conference
room
of
the
jail
,
Alvin
Belknap
and
Reuben
Jephson
,
side
by
side
with
Clyde
,
neatly
arrayed
in
the
very
suit
he
had
sought
to
sink
forever
in
the
waters
of
Lower
Twelfth
Lake
.
And
with
a
new
tie
and
shirt
and
shoes
added
in
order
to
present
him
in
his
Lycurgus
best
.
Jephson
,
long
and
lean
and
shabbily
dressed
as
usual
,
but
with
all
of
that
iron
and
power
that
so
impressed
Clyde
in
every
line
of
his
figure
and
every
movement
or
gesture
of
his
body
.
Belknap
--
looking
like
an
Albany
beau
--
the
one
on
whom
was
to
fall
the
burden
of
the
opening
presentation
of
the
case
as
well
as
the
cross-examining
,
now
saying
:
"
Now
you
're
not
going
to
get
frightened
or
show
any
evidence
of
nervousness
at
anything
that
may
be
said
or
done
at
any
time
,
are
you
,
Clyde
?
We
're
to
be
with
you
,
you
know
,
all
through
the
trial
.
You
sit
right
between
us
.
And
you
're
going
to
smile
and
look
unconcerned
or
interested
,
just
as
you
wish
,
but
never
fearful
--
but
not
too
bold
or
gay
,
you
know
,
so
that
they
'd
feel
that
you
're
not
taking
this
thing
seriously
.
You
understand
--
just
a
pleasant
,
gentlemanly
,
and
sympathetic
manner
all
the
time
.
And
not
frightened
.
For
that
will
be
certain
to
do
us
and
you
great
harm
.
Since
you
're
innocent
,
you
have
no
real
reason
to
be
frightened
--
although
you
're
sorry
,
of
course
.
You
understand
all
that
,
I
know
,
by
now
.
"
"
Yes
,
sir
,
I
understand
,
"
replied
Clyde
.
"
I
will
do
just
as
you
say
.
Besides
,
I
never
struck
her
intentionally
,
and
that
's
the
truth
.
So
why
should
I
be
afraid
?
"
And
here
he
looked
at
Jephson
,
on
whom
,
for
psychic
reasons
,
he
depended
most
.
In
fact
the
words
he
had
just
spoken
were
the
very
words
which
Jephson
had
so
drilled
into
him
during
the
two
months
just
past
.
And
catching
the
look
,
Jephson
now
drew
closer
and
fixing
Clyde
with
his
gimlet
and
yet
encouraging
and
sustaining
blue
eyes
,
began
:
"
You
're
not
guilty
!
You
're
not
guilty
,
Clyde
,
see
?
You
understand
that
fully
by
now
,
and
you
must
always
believe
and
remember
that
,
because
it
's
true
.
You
did
n't
intend
to
strike
her
,
do
you
hear
?
You
swear
to
that
.
You
have
sworn
it
to
me
and
Belknap
here
,
and
we
believe
you
.
Now
,
it
does
n't
make
the
least
bit
of
difference
that
because
of
the
circumstances
surrounding
all
this
we
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
make
the
average
jury
see
this
or
believe
it
just
as
you
tell
it
.
That
's
neither
here
nor
there
.
I
've
told
you
that
before
.
You
know
what
the
truth
is
--
and
so
do
we
.
BUT
,
in
order
to
get
justice
for
you
,
we
've
had
to
get
up
something
else
--
a
dummy
or
substitute
for
the
real
fact
,
which
is
that
you
did
n't
strike
her
intentionally
,
but
which
we
can
not
hope
to
make
them
see
without
disguising
it
in
some
way
.
You
get
that
,
do
n't
you
?
"
