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English
1336
And no one had met Edward Boyne, either alone or in company, in any of the neighboring villages, or on the road across the downs, or at either of the local railway stations. The sunny English noon had swallowed him as completely as if he had gone out into Cimmerian night. AND NO ONE HAD MET EDWARD BOYNE EITHER ALONE OR IN COMPANY IN ANY OF THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES OR ON THE ROAD ACROSS THE DOWNS OR AT EITHER OF THE LOCAL RAILWAY STATIONS THE SUNNY ENGLISH NOON HAD SWALLOWED HIM AS COMPLETELY AS IF HE HAD GONE OUT INTO SUMERIAN NIGHT
 official investigation sweeping its flash-lights from shore to shore, and across the dividing straits; now, with Boyne's name blazing from the walls of every town and village, his portrait how that wrung her! hawked up and down the country like the image of a hunted criminal; now the little compact, populous island, so policed, surveyed, and administered, revealed itself as a Sphinx-like guardian of abysmal mysteries, staring back into his wife's anguished eyes as if with the malicious joy of knowing something they would never know! In the fortnight since Boyne's disappearance there had been no word of him, no trace of his movements. Even the usual misleading reports that raise expectancy in tortured bosoms had been few and fleeting. No one but the bewildered kitchen-maid had seen him leave the house, and no one else had seen "the gentleman" who accompanied him. All inquiries in the neighborhood failed to elicit the memory of a stranger's presence that day in the neighborhood of Lyng.  NOW WITH THE WHOLE MACHINERY OF OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION SWEEPING ITS FLASHLIGHTS FROM SHORE TO SHORE AND ACROSS THE DIVIDING STRAITS NOW WITH BOYNE'S NAME BLAZING FROM THE WALLS OF EVERY TOWN AND VILLAGE HIS PORTRAIT HOW THAT WRUNG HER HAWKED UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY LIKE THE IMAGE OF A HUNTED CRIMINAL NOW THE LITTLE COMPACT POPULOUS ISLAND SO POLICED SURVEYED AND ADMINISTERED REVEALED ITSELF AS A SPHINXLIKE GUARDIAN OF ABYSMAL MYSTERIES STARING BACK INTO HIS WIFE'S ANGUISHED EYES AS IF WITH THE WICKED JOY OF KNOWING SOMETHING THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW IN THE FORTNIGHT SINCE BOYNE'S DISAPPEARANCE THERE HAD BEEN NO WORD OF HIM NO TRACE OF HIS MOVEMENTS EVEN THE USUAL MISLEADING REPORTS THAT RAY'S EXPECTANCY IN TORTURED BOSOMS HAD BEEN FEW AND FLEETING NO ONE BUT THE KITCHEN MAID HAD SEEN BOYNE LEAVE THE HOUSE AND NO ONE ELSE HAD SEEN THE GENTLEMAN WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM ALL INQUIRIES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD FAILED TO ELICIT THE MEMORY OF A STRANGER'S PRESENCE THAT DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LYING
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