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The "risk of trouble" was easily explained by the newspaper clipping which had apprised Mary of the suit brought against her husband by one of his associates in the Blue Star enterprise. THE RISK OF TROUBLE WAS EASILY EXPLAINED BY THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING WHICH HAD APPRISED MARY OF THE SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST HER HUSBAND BY ONE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN THE BLUE STAR ENTERPRISE
cal railway-stations. The sunny English noon had swallowed him as completely as if he had gone out into Cimmerian night. Mary, while every external means of investigation was working at its highest pressure, had ransacked her husband's papers for any trace of antecedent complications, of entanglements or obligations unknown to her, that might throw a faint ray into the darkness. But if any such had existed in the background of Boyne's life, they had disappeared as completely as the slip of paper on which the visitor had written his name. There remained no possible thread of guidance except -- if it were indeed an exception -- the letter which Boyne had apparently been in the act of writing when he received his mysterious summons. That letter, read and reread by his wife, and submitted by her to the police, yielded little enough for conjecture to feed on. "I have just heard of Elwell's death, and while I suppose there is now no farther risk of trouble, it might be safer--" That was all. S 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 MARY WHILE EVERY OFFICIAL MEANS OF INVESTIGATION WAS WORKING AT ITS HIGHEST PRESSURE HAD RANSACKED HER HUSBAND'S PAPERS FOR ANY TRACE OF ANTECEDENT COMPLICATIONS OF ENTANGLEMENTS OR OBLIGATIONS UNKNOWN TO HER THAT MIGHT THROW ARRAY INTO THE DARKNESS BUT IF ANY SUCH HAD EXISTED IN THE BACKGROUND OF BOYNE'S LIFE THEY HAD VANISHED LIKE THE SLIP OF PAPER ON WHICH THE VISITOR HAD WRITTEN HIS NAME THERE REMAINED NO POSSIBLE THREAD OF GUIDANCE EXCEPT IF IT WERE INDEED AN EXCEPTION THE LETTER WHICH BOYNE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN IN THE ACT OF WRITING WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS MYSTERIOUS SUMMONS THAT LETTER READ AND REREAD BY HIS WIFE AND SUBMITTED BY HER TO THE POLICE YIELDED LITTLE ENOUGH TO FEED CONJECTURE I HAVE JUST HEARD OF ELWELL'S DEATH AND WHILE I SUPPOSE THERE IS NOW NO FURTHER RISK OF TROUBLE IT MIGHT BE SAFER THAT WAS ALL
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