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But the house knew; the library in which she spent her long, lonely evenings knew. For it was here that the last scene had been enacted, here that the stranger had come, and spoken the word which had caused Boyne to rise and follow him. BUT THE HOUSE KNEW THE LIBRARY IN WHICH SHE SPENT HER LONG LONELY EVENINGS NEW FOR IT WAS HERE THAT THE LAST SCENE HAD BEEN ENACTED HERE THAT THE STRANGER HAD COME AND SPOKEN THE WORD WHICH HAD CAUSED BOYNE TO RISE AND FOLLOW HIM
es. And this deepening apathy held her fast at Lyng, in spite of the urgent entreaties of friends and the usual medical recommendation of "change." Her friends supposed that her refusal to move was inspired by the belief that her husband would one day return to the spot from which he had vanished, and a beautiful legend grew up about this imaginary state of waiting. But in reality she had no such belief: the depths of anguish inclosing her were no longer lighted by flashes of hope. She was sure that Boyne would never come back, that he had gone out of her sight as completely as if Death itself had waited that day on the threshold. She had even renounced, one by one, the various theories as to his disappearance which had been advanced by the press, the police, and her own agonized imagination. In sheer lassitude her mind turned from these alternatives of horror, and sank back into the blank fact that he was gone. No, she would never know what had become of him -- no one would ever know. OUT WITH THE CHAIRS AND TABLES AND THIS DEEPENING APATHY HELD HER FAST AT LYING IN SPITE OF THE ENTREATIES OF FRIENDS IN THE USUAL MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHANGE HER FRIENDS SUPPOSED THAT HER REFUSAL TO MOVE WAS INSPIRED BY THE BELIEF THAT HER HUSBAND WOULD ONE DAY RETURN TO THE SPOT FROM WHICH SHE HAD VANISHED AND A BEAUTIFUL LEGEND GREW UP ABOUT THIS IMAGINARY STATE OF WAITING BUT IN REALITY SHE HAD NO SUCH BELIEF THE DEPTHS OF ANGUISH ENCLOSING HER WERE NO LONGER LIGHTED BY FLASHES OF HOPE SHE WAS SURE THAT BOYNE WOULD NEVER COME BACK THAT HE HAD GONE OUT OF HER SIGHT AS COMPLETELY AS IF DEATH ITSELF HAD WAITED THAT DAY ON THE THRESHOLD SHE HAD EVEN RENOUNCED ONE BY ONE THE VARIOUS THEORIES AS TO HIS DISAPPEARANCE WHICH HAD BEEN ADVANCED BY THE PRESS THE POLICE AND HER OWN AGONIZED IMAGINATION IN SHEER LASSITUDE HER MIND TURNED FROM THESE ALTERNATIVES OF HORROR AND SANK BACK INTO THE BLANK FACT THAT HE WAS GONE NO SHE WOULD NEVER KNOW WHAT HAD BECOME OF HIM NO ONE WOULD EVER KNOW
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