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Graham made it plain that his mind was far from the sad business ahead. "What do you think of Paredes coming back as if nothing were wrong?" he asked. "He ignores what happened yesterday. He settles himself in the Cedars again." GRAHAM MADE IT PLAIN THAT HIS MIND WAS FAR FROM THE SAD BUSINESS AHEAD WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PAREDES COMING BACK AS IF NOTHING WERE WRONG HE ASKED HE IGNORES WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY HE SETTLES HIMSELF IN THE CEDARS AGAIN
dges of white cuffs between the sleeves and the heavy mourning gloves, fitted with solemn harmony into the landscape and Bobby's mood. Such a figure was appropriate to the Cedars. Bobby stepped to one side, placing a screen of dead foliage between himself and the man whose profession it was to mourn. He emerged from the forest and saw again the leisurely weaving of the smoke shroud above the house. Then his eyes were drawn by the restless movements of a pair of horses, standing in the shafts of a black wagon at the court entrance, and his ordeal became like a vast morass which offers no likely path yet whose crossing is the price of salvation. He was glad to see Graham leave the court and hurry toward him. "I was coming to hunt you up, Bobby. The minister's arrived. So has Doctor Groom. Everything's about ready." "Doctor Groom?" "Yes. He used to see a good deal of your grandfather. It's natural enough he should be here." Bobby agreed indifferently. They walked slowly back to the house. G RELIEVED ONLY BY NARROW EDGES OF WHITE CUFFS BETWEEN THE SLEEVES AND THE HEAVY MOURNING GLOVES FITTED WITH SOLEMN HARMONY INTO THE LANDSCAPE AND BOBBY'S MOOD SUCH A FIGURE WAS APPROPRIATE TO THE CEDARS BOBBY STEPPED TO ONE SIDE PLACING A SCREEN OF DEAD FOLIAGE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE MAN WHOSE PROFESSION IT WAS TO MOURN HE EMERGED FROM THE FOREST AND SAW AGAIN THE LEISURELY WEAVING OF THE SMOKE SHROUD ABOVE THE HOUSE THEN HIS EYES WERE DRAWN BY THE RESTLESS MOVEMENTS OF A PAIR OF HORSES STANDING IN THE SHAFTS OF A BLACK WAGON AT THE COURT ENTRANCE AND HIS ORDEAL BECAME LIKE A VAST MORASS WHICH OFFERS NO LIKELY PATH YET WHOSE CROSSING IS THE PRICE OF SALVATION HE WAS GLAD TO SEE GRAHAM LEAVE THE COURT AND HURRY TOWARD HIM I WAS COMING TO HUNT YOU UP BOBBY THE MINISTER'S ARRIVED SO HAS DOCTOR GROOM EVERYTHING'S ABOUT READY DOCTOR GROOM YES HE USED TO SEE A GOOD DEAL OF YOUR GRANDFATHER IT'S NATURAL ENOUGH HE SHOULD BE HERE BOBBY AGREED INDIFFERENTLY THEY WALKED SLOWLY BACK TO THE HOUSE
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