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Still Parvis did not hesitate. "Well, to begin with, I supposed you knew more than you appear to    I mean about the circumstances of Elwell's death. And then people are talking of it now; the whole matter's been raked up again. STILL PARBIS DID NOT HESITATE WELL TO BEGIN WITH I SUPPOSED YOU KNEW MORE THAN YOU APPEARED TO I MEAN ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ELWELL'S DEATH AND THEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING OF IT NOW THE WHOLE MATTER'S BEEN RAKED UP AGAIN
o 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. "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?" Parvis received this without perceptible discomfiture. "Why, I didn't understand it -- strictly speaking. And it wasn't the time to talk about it, if I had. The Elwell business was settled when the suit was withdrawn. Nothing I could have told you would have helped you to find your husband." Mary continued to scrutinize him. "Then why are you telling me now? 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 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 PARVIS RECEIVED THIS WITHOUT PERCEPTIBLE EMBARRASMENT WHY I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT STRICTLY SPEAKING AND IT WASN'T THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT IF I HAD THE ALBELL BUSINESS WAS SETTLED WHEN THE SUIT WAS WITHDRAWN NOTHING I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU WOULD HAVE HELPED YOU TO FIND YOUR HUSBAND MARY CONTINUED TO SCRUTINIZE HIM THEN WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME NOW
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