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He was dressed just as he is in that picture. My husband saw him first. He was frightened, and ran down ahead of me; but there was no one there. He had vanished." "Elwell had vanished?" Parvis faltered. "Yes." HE WAS DRESSED JUST AS HE IS IN THAT PICTURE MY HUSBAND SAW HIM FIRST HE WAS FRIGHTENED AND RAN DOWN AHEAD OF ME BUT THERE WAS NO ONE THERE HE HAD VANISHED OWELL HAD VANISHED PARVIS FALTERED YES
mber. About two months before, I should say." "I want the date," she repeated. Parvis picked up the newspaper. "We might see here," he said, still humoring her. He ran his eyes down the page. "Here it is. Last October--the--" She caught the words from him. "The 20th, wasn't it?" With a sharp look at her, he verified. "Yes, the 20th. Then you did know?" "I know now." Her white stare continued to travel past him. "Sunday, the 20th--that was the day he came first." Parvis's voice was almost inaudible. "Came here first?" "Yes." "You saw him twice, then?" "Yes, twice." She breathed it at him with dilated eyes. "He came first on the 20th of October. I remember the date because it was the day we went up Meldon Steep for the first time." She felt a faint gasp of inward laughter at the thought that but for that she might have forgotten. Parvis continued to scrutinize her, as if trying to intercept her gaze. "We saw him from the roof," she went on. "He came down the lime avenue toward the house. ILL MORE AFRAID OF HER I HAVE A REASON SHE INSISTED YES YES ONLY I CAN'T REMEMBER ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE I SHOULD SAY I WANT THE DATE SHE REPEATED PARBIS PICKED UP THE NEWSPAPER WE MIGHT SEE HERE HE SAID STILL HUMORING HER HE RAN HIS EYES DOWN THE PAGE HERE IT IS LAST OCTOBER THE SHE CAUGHT THE WORDS FROM HIM THE TWENTIETH WASN'T IT WITH A SHARP LOOK AT HER HE VERIFIED YES THE TWENTIETH THEN YOU DID KNOW I KNOW NOW HER GAZE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL PAST HIM SUNDAY THE TWENTIETH THAT WAS THE DAY HE CAME PARVIS'S VOICE WAS ALMOST INAUDIBLE CAME HERE FIRST YES YOU SAW HIM TWICE THEN YES TWICE SHE JUST BREATHED IT AT HIM HE CAME FIRST ON THE TWENTIETH OF OCTOBER I REMEMBER THE DATE BECAUSE IT WAS THE DAY WE WENT UP MELDON STEEP FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE FELT A FAINT GASP OF INWARD LAUGHTER AT THE THOUGHT THAT BUT FOR THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN PARVIS CONTINUED TO SCRUTINIZE HER AS IF TRYING TO INTERCEPT HER GAZE WE SAW HIM FROM THE ROOF SHE WENT ON HE CAME DOWN THE LIME AVENUE TOWARD THE HOUSE
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