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"But if you knew all this," she began at length, hardly able to force her voice above a whisper, "how is it that when I wrote you at the time of my husband's disappearance you said you didn't understand his letter?" BUT IF YOU KNEW ALL THIS SHE BEGAN AT LENGTH HARDLY ABLE TO FORCE HER VOICE ABOVE A WHISPER HOW IS IT THAT WHEN I WROTE YOU AT THE TIME OF MY HUSBAND'S DISAPPEARANCE YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HIS LETTER
"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 Elwell's lawyers apparently did not take your view, since I suppose the suit was withdrawn by their advice."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? " "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?" "Oh, he didn't have to try again," said Parvis, grimly. They sat opposite each other in silence, he swinging his eyeglass thoughtfully about his finger, she, motionless, her arms stretched along her knees in an attitude of rigid tension. IKE 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EMISSARY OF SOME EVIL POWER BUT MISTER LWELL'S LAWYERS APPARENTLY DID NOT TAKE YOUR VIEW SINCE I SUPPOSE THE SUIT WAS WITHDRAWN BY THEIR ADVICE OH YES THEY KNEW HE HADN'T A LEG TO STAND ON TECHNICALLY IT WAS WHEN THEY ADVISED HIM TO WITHDRAW THE SUIT THAT HE GOT DESPERATE YOU SEE HE'D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 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 HE DID NEVER TRY AGAIN SAID PARBIS GRIMLY THEY SAT OPPOSITE EACH OTHER IN SILENCE HE SWINGING HIS EYEGLASSES THOUGHTFULLY ABOUT HIS FINGER SHE MOTIONLESS HER ARMS STRETCHED ALONG HER KNEES IN AN ATTITUDE OF RIGID TENSION
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