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"This was the man who spoke to me," she repeated. She looked again at Parvis. He was trying to conceal his disturbance under what he imagined to be an expression of indulgent commiseration; but the edges of his lips were blue. THIS WAS THE MAN WHO SPOKE TO ME SHE REPEATED SHE LOOKED AGAIN AT PARVIS HE WAS TRYING TO CONCEAL HIS DISTURBANCE UNDER WHAT HE PROBABLY IMAGINED TO BE AN EXPRESSION OF INDULGENT COMMISERATION BUT THE EDGES OF HIS LIPS WERE BLUE
h her eyes fixed on the picture, unconscious of what he was saying. "Don't you remember Boyne's unfinished letter to me -- the one you found on his desk that day? It was written just after he'd heard of Elwell's death." She noticed an odd shake in Parvis's unemotional voice. "Surely you remember that!" he urged her. Yes, she remembered: that was the profoundest horror of it. Elwell had died the day before her husband's disappearance; and this was Elwell's portrait; and it was the portrait of the man who had spoken to her in the garden. She lifted her head and looked slowly about the library. The library could have borne witness that it was also the portrait of the man who had come in that day to call Boyne from his unfinished letter. Through the misty surgings of her brain she heard the faint boom of half-forgotten words -- words spoken by Alida Stair on the lawn at Pangbourne before Boyne and his wife had ever seen the house at Lyng, or had imagined that they might one day live there. ELL WAS DEAD DON'T YOU REMEMBER MARY SAT WITH HER EYES FIXED ON THE PICTURE UNCONSCIOUS OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING DON'T YOU REMEMBER BOYNE'S UNFINISHED LETTER TO ME THE ONE YOU FOUND ON HIS DESK THAT DAY IT WAS WRITTEN JUST AFTER HE'D HEARD OF ALWELL'S DEATH SHE NOTICED AN ODD SHAKE IN PARVIS'S UNEMOTIONAL VOICE SURELY YOU REMEMBER HE URGED HER YES SHE REMEMBERED THAT WAS THE PROFOUNDEST HORROR OF IT L HAD DIED THE DAY BEFORE HER HUSBAND'S DISAPPEARANCE AND THIS WAS L'S PORTRAIT AND IT WAS THE PORTRAIT OF THE MAN WHO HAD SPOKEN TO HER IN THE GARDEN SHE LIFTED HER HEAD AND LOOKED SLOWLY ABOUT THE LIBRARY THE LIBRARY COULD HAVE BORNE WITNESS THAT IT WAS ALSO THE PORTRAIT OF THE MAN WHO HAD COME IN THAT DAY TO CALL BOYNE FROM HIS UNFINISHED LETTER THROUGH THE MISTY SURGINGS OF HER BRAIN SHE HEARD THE FAINT BOOM OF HALF FORGOTTEN WORDS WORDS SPOKEN BY ALIDA STAIR ON THE LAWN AT PANGBURN BEFORE BOYNE AND HIS WIFE HAD EVER SEEN THE HOUSE AT LYING OR HAD IMAGINED THAT THEY MIGHT ONE DAY LIVE HERE
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