An American Tragedy Page #8
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- 1931
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May God have mercy upon your soul.
Clyde.
Mother, don't cry.
All my life I've done nothing
but make you miserable.
Don't say that, Clyde.
You don't believe all those things
they said about me, do you?
No, never. Listen to me...
I've got friends now. We'll get another
trial. I'll go to the Governor.
Don't worry, I'll get you out.
Will you?
Yes, I'll prove to the
whole world that you're innocent.
But I'm not...really.
Lie!
Mother...come here. Close.
I'm going to tell you something
I couldn't tell the court.
I didn't kill Roberta but when she fell
in the water, I could have saved her.
Even when she went down for the
last time, I could have saved her.
But I didn't. I swam away.
Because in my heart,
I wanted her to die.
Clyde!
I wanted to tell the jury,
but I couldn't!
I...I was too ashamed.
But that's just the same as killing her,
isn't it?
But I'm not a murderer, Mother!
I don't know how I
could have done this thing!
It's not your fault, Clyde.
We never gave you the right start.
We brought you up around
ugly, evil surroundings.
And while we were trying
to save the souls of others...
we were letting you go astray.
We never taught you to be brave
and fight sin like a man.
Mother!
- What is it, dear?
Are they really going to...
- Clyde...
Be brave.
Face your punishment like a man.
I'll try.
I know that somehow...
somewhere...
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