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He had "run over" to England on business, and finding himself in the neighborhood of Dorchester, had not wished to leave it without paying his respects to Mrs. Boyne; without asking her, if the occasion offered, what she meant to do about Bob Elwell's family. HE HAD RUN OVER TO ENGLAND ON BUSINESS AND FINDING HIMSELF IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF DORCHESTER HAD NOT WISHED TO LEAVE IT WITHOUT PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO MISSUS BOYNE AND WITHOUT ASKING HER IF THE OCCASION OFFERED WHAT SHE MEANT TO DO ABOUT BOB ALWELL' FAMILY
n 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. 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. Parvis, civilly, but without vain preamble,--in the manner of a man who has his watch in his hand,--had set forth the object of his visit. 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 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 PARVIS CIVILLY BUT WITHOUT VAIN PREAMBLE IN THE MANNER OF A MAN WHO HAS HIS WATCH IN HIS HAND HAD SET FORTH THE OBJECT OF HIS VISIT
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