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1336
Mary knew that the investigations were still being carried on, but she had a vague sense of their gradually slackening, as the actual march of time seemed to slacken. It was as though the days, flying horror struck from the shrouded image of the one inscrutable day, gained assurance as the distance lengthened, till at last they fell back into their normal gait. And so with the human imaginations at work on the dark event. MARY KNEW THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS WERE STILL BEING CARRIED ON BUT SHE HAD A VAGUE SENSE OF THEIR GRADUALLY SLACKENING AS THE ACTUAL MARCH OF TIME SEEMED TO SLACKEN IT WAS AS THOUGH THE DAY'S FLYING HORROR STRUCK FROM THE SHROUDED IMAGE OF THE INCE ONE INSCRUTABLE DAY GAINED ASSURANCE AS THE DISTANCE LENGTHENED TILL AT LAST THEY FELL BACK INTO THEIR NORMAL GAIT AND SO WITH THE HUMAN IMAGINATIONS AT WORK ON THE DARK EVENT
t against her husband by one of his associates in the Blue Star enterprise. The only new information conveyed in the letter was the fact of its showing Boyne, when he wrote it, to be still apprehensive of the results of the suit, though he had assured his wife that it had been withdrawn, and though the letter itself declared that the plaintiff was dead. It took several weeks of exhaustive cabling to fix the identity of the "Parvis" to whom the fragmentary communication was addressed, but even after these inquiries had shown him to be a Waukesha lawyer, no new facts concerning the Elwell suit were elicited. He appeared to have had no direct concern in it, but to have been conversant with the facts merely as an acquaintance, and possible intermediary; and he declared himself unable to divine with what object Boyne intended to seek his assistance. This negative information, sole fruit of the first fortnight's feverish search, was not increased by a jot during the slow weeks that followed. PAPER CLIPPING WHICH HAD APPRISED MARY OF THE SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST HER HUSBAND BY ONE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN THE BLUE STAR ENTERPRISE THE ONLY NEW INFORMATION CONVEYED BY THE LETTER WAS THE FACT OF ITS SHOWING BOYNE WHEN HE WROTE IT TO BE STILL APPREHENSIVE OF THE RESULTS OF THE SUIT THOUGH HE HAD TOLD HIS WIFE THAT IT HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN AND THOUGH THE LETTER ITSELF PROVED THAT THE PLAINTIFF WAS DEAD IT TOOK SEVERAL DAYS OF CABLELING TO FIX THE IDENTITY OF THE PARVEST TO WHOM THE FRAGMENT WAS ADDRESSED BUT EVEN AFTER THESE INQUIRIES HAD SHOWN HIM TO BE A WALKERSHAW LAWYER NO NEW FACTS CONCERNING THE ALWELL SUIT WERE ELICITED HE APPEARED TO HAVE HAD NO DIRECT CONCERN IN IT BUT TO HAVE BEEN CONVERSANT WITH THE FACTS MERELY AS AN ACQUAINTANCE AND POSSIBLE INTERMEDIARY AND HE DECLARED HIMSELF UNABLE TO GUESS WITH WHAT OBJECT BOYNE INTENDED TO SEEK HIS ASSISTANCE THIS NEGATIVE INFORMATION SOLE FRUIT OF THE FIRST FORTNIGHT'S SEARCH WAS NOT INCREASED BY A JOT DURING THE SLOW WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED
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