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When was it that Robert Elwell tried to kill himself?" "When  when?" WHEN WAS IT THAT ROBERT LWELL TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF WHEN WHEN
ooked slowly about the library. The library could have borne witness that it was also the portrait of the man who had come in that day to call Boyne from his unfinished letter. Through the misty surgings of her brain she heard the faint boom of half-forgotten words -- words spoken by Alida Stair on the lawn at Pangbourne before Boyne and his wife had ever seen the house at Lyng, or had imagined that they might one day live there. "This was the man who spoke to me," she repeated. She looked again at Parvis. He was trying to conceal his disturbance under what he imagined to be an expression of indulgent commiseration; but the edges of his lips were blue. "He thinks me mad; but I'm not mad," she reflected; and suddenly there flashed upon her a way of justifying her strange affirmation. She sat quiet, controlling the quiver of her lips, and waiting till she could trust her voice to keep its habitual level; then she said, looking straight at Parvis: "Will you answer me one question, please? N TO HER IN THE GARDEN SHE LIFTED HER HEAD AND LOOKED SLOWLY ABOUT THE LIBRARY THE LIBRARY COULD HAVE BORNE WITNESS THAT IT WAS ALSO THE PORTRAIT OF THE MAN WHO HAD COME IN THAT DAY TO CALL BOYNE FROM HIS UNFINISHED LETTER THROUGH THE MISTY SURGINGS OF HER BRAIN SHE HEARD THE FAINT BOOM OF HALF FORGOTTEN WORDS WORDS SPOKEN BY ALIDA STAIR ON THE LAWN AT PANGBURN BEFORE BOYNE AND HIS WIFE HAD EVER SEEN THE HOUSE AT LYING OR HAD IMAGINED THAT THEY MIGHT ONE DAY LIVE HERE THIS WAS THE MAN WHO SPOKE TO ME SHE REPEATED SHE LOOKED AGAIN AT PARVIS HE WAS TRYING TO CONCEAL HIS DISTURBANCE UNDER WHAT HE PROBABLY IMAGINED TO BE AN EXPRESSION OF INDULGENT COMMISERATION BUT THE EDGES OF HIS LIPS WERE BLUE HE THINKS ME MAD BUT I'M NOT MAD SHE REFLECTED AND SUDDENLY THERE FLASHED UPON HER A WAY OF JUSTIFYING HER STRANGE AFFIRMATION SHE SAT QUIET CONTROLLING THE QUIVER OF HER LIPS AND WAITING TILL SHE COULD TRUST HER VOICE THEN SHE SAID LOOKING STRAIGHT AT PARVIS WILL YOU ANSWER ME ONE QUESTION PLEASE
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