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" "Well, he didn't kill himself, exactly. He dragged on two months before he died." Parvis emitted the statement as unemotionally as a gramophone grinding out its "record." "You mean that he tried to kill himself, and failed? And tried again?" WELL HE DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF EXACTLY HE DRAGGED ON TWO MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED PARBIS EMITTED THE STATEMENT AS UNEMOTIONALLY AS A GRAMOPHONE GRINDING OUT ITS RECORD YOU MEAN THAT HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF AND FAILED AND TRIED AGAIN
 "Oh, no, I don't. I don't even say it wasn't straight." He glanced up and down the long lines of books, as if one of them might have supplied him with the definition he sought. "I don't say it wasn't straight, and yet I don't say it was straight. It was business." After all, no definition in his category could be more comprehensive than that. Mary sat staring at him with a look of terror. He seemed to her like the indifferent, implacable emissary of some dark, formless power. "But Mr. Elwell's lawyers apparently did not take your view, since I suppose the suit was withdrawn by their advice." "Oh, yes, they knew he hadn't a leg to stand on, technically. It was when they advised him to withdraw the suit that he got desperate. You see, he'd borrowed most of the money he lost in the Blue Star, and he was up a tree. That's why he shot himself when they told him he had no show." The horror was sweeping over Mary in great, deafening waves. "He shot himself? He killed himself because of that? ONORABLE MISTER PARVIS SURVEYED THE QUESTION DISPASSIONATELY OH NO I DON'T I DON'T EVEN SAY WASN'T STRAIGHT HE GLANCED UP AND DOWN THE LONG LINES OF BOOKS AS IF ONE OF THEM MIGHT HAVE SUPPLIED HIM WITH THE DEFINITION HE SOUGHT I DON'T SAY IT WASN'T STRAIGHT AND YET I DON'T SAY IT WAS STRAIGHT IT WAS BUSINESS AFTER ALL NO DEFINITION IN HIS CATEGORY COULD BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN THAT MARY SAT STARING AT HIM WITH A LOOK OF TERROR HE SEEMED TO HER LIKE THE INDIFFERENT EMISSARY OF SOME EVIL POWER BUT MISTER LWELL'S LAWYERS APPARENTLY DID NOT TAKE YOUR VIEW SINCE I SUPPOSE THE SUIT WAS WITHDRAWN BY THEIR ADVICE OH YES THEY KNEW HE HADN'T A LEG TO STAND ON TECHNICALLY IT WAS WHEN THEY ADVISED HIM TO WITHDRAW THE SUIT THAT HE GOT DESPERATE YOU SEE HE'D BORROWED MOST OF THE MONEY HE LOST IN THE BLUE STAR AND HE WAS UP A TREE THAT'S WHY HE SHOT HIMSELF WHEN THEY TOLD HIM HE HAD NO SHOW THE HORROR WAS SWEEPING OVER MARY IN GREAT DEAFENING WAVES HE SHOT HIMSELF HE KILLED HIMSELF BECAUSE OF THAT
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