The Amboy Dukes
“Frank associated the end of June with escape, but he now wondered if he could maintain a grip on himself and avoid discovery. Everything conspired against him, and as he walked with Betty along the path which followed the perimeter of the Prospect Park lake that first June night, her words made no impression upon him.
How could he rest and be at ease? Only six days after they had bumped Bannon they had almost been trapped: Maybe, he thought, it might have been better to have been caught. Th...en this constant wariness and alertness which were sapping his strength and refusing him the relaxation of sleep would cease. Wherever he walked or rode or stopped he would see Gallagher, Leonard, Finch, or Wilner. When he went into Davidson’s, Gallagher might be sitting there drinking coffee and would invite him to sit at his table. The talk would be aimless, so aimless that Frank would feel his jaws stiffen, his spine tingle, and his armpits wet with sweat, for he knew that this seeming lack of direction in Gallagher’s conversation was aimed at catching him in a contradiction, a flaw in their alibis.MoreLess
How could he rest and be at ease? Only six days after they had bumped Bannon they had almost been trapped: Maybe, he thought, it might have been better to have been caught. Th...en this constant wariness and alertness which were sapping his strength and refusing him the relaxation of sleep would cease. Wherever he walked or rode or stopped he would see Gallagher, Leonard, Finch, or Wilner. When he went into Davidson’s, Gallagher might be sitting there drinking coffee and would invite him to sit at his table. The talk would be aimless, so aimless that Frank would feel his jaws stiffen, his spine tingle, and his armpits wet with sweat, for he knew that this seeming lack of direction in Gallagher’s conversation was aimed at catching him in a contradiction, a flaw in their alibis.MoreLess
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