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In the library she had found awaiting her a small neutral tinted man with a bald head and gold eye glasses, and it sent a strange tremor through her to know that this was the person to whom her husband's last known thought had been directed. IN THE LIBRARY SHE HAD FOUND AWAITING HER A SMALL SALLOW MAN WITH A BALD HEAD AND GOLD EYE GLASSES AND IT SENT A TREMOR THROUGH HER TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE PERSON TO WHOM HER HUSBAND'S LAST KNOWN THOUGHT HAD BEEN DIRECTED
n the shelves had seen his face; and there were moments when the intense consciousness of the old, dusky walls seemed about to break out into some audible revelation of their secret. But the revelation never came, and she knew it would never come. Lyng was not one of the garrulous old houses that betray the secrets intrusted to them. Its very legend proved that it had always been the mute accomplice, the incorruptible custodian of the mysteries it had surprised. And Mary Boyne, sitting face to face with its portentous silence, felt the futility of seeking to break it by any human means. V "I don't say it wasn't straight, yet don't say it was straight. It was business." Mary, at the words, lifted her head with a start, and looked intently at the speaker. When, half an hour before, a card with "Mr. Parvis" on it had been brought up to her, she had been immediately aware that the name had been a part of her consciousness ever since she had read it at the head of Boyne's unfinished letter. EAD THE BOOKS AND THE SHELVES HAD SEEN HIS FACE AND THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN THE INTENSE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE OLD DUSKY WALLS SEEMED ABOUT TO BREAK OUT INTO SOME AUDIBLE REVELATION OF THEIR SECRET BUT THE REVELATION NEVER CAME AND SHE KNEW IT WOULD NEVER COME LYING WAS NOT ONE OF THE GARRULOUS OLD HOUSES THAT BETRAY THE SECRETS ENTRUSTED TO THEM ITS VERY LEGEND PROVED THAT IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE MUTE ACCOMPLICE THE INCORRUPTIBLE CUSTODIAN OF THE MYSTERIES IT HAD SURPRISED AND MARY BOYNE SITTING FACE TO FACE WITH ITS SILENCE FELT THE FUTILITY OF SEEKING TO BREAK IT BY ANY HUMAN MEANS CHAPTER FIVE I DON'T SAY IT WASN'T STRAIGHT AND YET I DON'T SAY IT WAS STRAIGHT IT WAS BUSINESS MARY AT THE WORDS LIFTED HER HEAD WITH A START AND LOOKED INTENTLY AT THE SPEAKER WHEN HALF AN HOUR BEFORE A CARD WITH MISTER PARVIS ON IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP TO HER SHE HAD BEEN IMMEDIATELY AWARE THAT THE NAME HAD BEEN A PART OF HER CONSCIOUSNESS EVER SINCE SHE HAD READ IT AT THE HEAD OF BOYNE'S UNFINISHED LETTER
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