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Mary felt a physical shrinking from the next question she tried to frame; it was as though the words on her lips had a taste that nauseated her. "But then  you accuse my husband of doing something dishonorable?" MARY FELT A PHYSICAL SHRINKING FROM THE NEXT QUESTION SHE TRIED TO FRAME IT WAS AS THOUGH THE WORDS ON HER LIPS HAD A TASTE THAT NAUSEATED HER BUT THEN YOU ACCUSE MY HUSBAND OF DOING SOMETHING DISHONORABLE
continued ignorance of the subject. Was it possible that she really knew as little as she said? "I know nothing -- you must tell me," she faltered out; and her visitor thereupon proceeded to unfold his story. It threw, even to her confused perceptions, and imperfectly initiated vision, a lurid glare on the whole hazy episode of the Blue Star Mine. Her husband had made his money in that brilliant speculation at the cost of "getting ahead" of some one less alert to seize the chance; the victim of his ingenuity was young Robert Elwell, who had "put him on" to the Blue Star scheme. Parvis, at Mary's first startled cry, had thrown her a sobering glance through his impartial glasses. "Bob Elwell wasn't smart enough, that's all; if he had been, he might have turned round and served Boyne the same way. It's the kind of thing that happens every day in business. I guess it's what the scientists call the survival of the fittest," said Mr. Parvis, evidently pleased with the aptness of his analogy. AT HE HAD SEEMED SURPRISED AT HER CONTINUED IGNORANCE OF THE SUBJECT WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE REALLY KNEW AS LITTLE AS SHE SAID I KNOW NOTHING YOU MUST TELL ME SHE FALTERED OUT AND HER VISITOR THEREUPON PROCEEDED TO UNFOLD HIS STORY IT THREW EVEN TO HER CONFUSED PERCEPTIONS AND IMPERFECTLY INITIATED VISION A LURID GLARE ON THE WHOLE HAZY EPISODE OF THE BLUE STAR MINE HER HUSBAND HAD MADE HIS MONEY IN THAT BRILLIANT SPECULATION AT THE COST OF GETTING AHEAD OF SOME ONE LESS ALERT TO SEIZE THE CHANCE AND THE VICTIM OF HIS INGENUITY WAS YOUNG ROBERT LWELL WHO HAD PUT HIM ON TO THE BLUE STAR SCHEME PARVIS AT MARY'S FIRST CRY HAD THROWN HER A SOBERING GLANCE THROUGH HIS IMPARTIAL GLASSES BOB ALWELL WASN'T SMART ENOUGH THAT'S ALL HE HAD BEEN HE MIGHT HAVE TURNED AROUND AND SERVED BOY IN THE SAME WAY IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN BUSINESS I GUESS IT'S WHAT THE SCIENTISTS CALL THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST SEE SAID MISTER PARVIS EVIDENTLY PLEASED WITH THE APTNESS OF HIS ANALOGY
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