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That had been her husband's phrase. And now, with the whole machinery of 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! THAT HAD BEEN HER HUSBAND'S PHRASE AND 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
at evocation, "His hat, mum, was different-like, as you might say--" "Different? How different?" Mary flashed out at her, her own mind, in the same instant, leaping back to an image left on it that morning, but temporarily lost under layers of subsequent impressions. "His hat had a wide brim, you mean? and his face was pale--a youngish face?" Mary pressed her, with a white-lipped intensity of interrogation. But if the kitchen-maid found any adequate answer to this challenge, it was swept away for her listener down the rushing current of her own convictions. The stranger--the stranger in the garden! Why had Mary not thought of him before? She needed no one now to tell her that it was he who had called for her husband and gone away with him. But who was he, and why had Boyne obeyed his call? IV It leaped out at her suddenly, like a grin out of the dark, that they had often called England so little--"such a confoundedly hard place to get lost in." A confoundedly hard place to get lost in! Y AND SHE COULD ONLY STAMMER OUT AFTER VARIOUS PANTING EFFORTS HIS HAT MUM WAS DIFFERENT LIKE IF YOU MIGHT SAY DIFFERENT HOW DIFFERENT MARY FLASHED OUT HER OWN MIND IN THE SAME INSTANT LEAPING BACK TO AN IMAGE LEFT ON IT THAT MORNING AND THEN LOST UNDER LAYERS OF SUBSEQUENT IMPRESSIONS HIS HAT HAD A WIDE BRIM YOU MEAN AND HIS FACE WAS PALE A YOUNGISH FACE MARY PRESSED HER WITH A WHITE LIPPED INTENSITY OF INTERROGATION BUT IF THE KITCHEN MAID FOUND ANY ADEQUATE ANSWER TO THIS CHALLENGE IT WAS SWEPT AWAY FOR HER LISTENER DOWN THE RUSHING CURRENT OF HER OWN CONVICTIONS THE STRANGER THE STRANGER IN THE GARDEN WHY HAD MARY NOT THOUGHT OF HIM BEFORE SHE NEEDED NO ONE NOW TO TELL HER THAT IT WAS HE WHO HAD CALLED FOR HER HUSBAND AND HAD GONE AWAY WITH HIM BUT WHO WAS HE AND WHY HAD BOYNE OBEYED HIMPTER FOUR IT LEAPT OUT AT HER SUDDENLY LIKE A GRIN OUT OF THE DARK THAT THEY HAD OFTEN CALLED ENGLAND SO LITTLE SUCH A CONFOUNDEDLY HARD PLACE TO GET LOST IN A CONFOUNDEDLY HARD PLACE TO GET LOST IN
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