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Parvis picked up the newspaper. "We might see here," he said, still humoring her. He ran his eyes down the page. "Here it is. Last October  the  " She caught the words from him. "The 20th, wasn't it?" With a sharp look at her, he verified. "Yes, the 20th. Then you did know?" PARBIS PICKED UP THE NEWSPAPER WE MIGHT SEE HERE HE SAID STILL HUMORING HER HE RAN HIS EYES DOWN THE PAGE HERE IT IS LAST OCTOBER THE SHE CAUGHT THE WORDS FROM HIM THE TWENTIETH WASN'T IT WITH A SHARP LOOK AT HER HE VERIFIED YES THE TWENTIETH THEN YOU DID KNOW
 Boyne and his wife had ever seen the house at Lyng, or had imagined that they might one day live there. "This was the man who spoke to me," she repeated. She looked again at Parvis. He was trying to conceal his disturbance under what he imagined to be an expression of indulgent commiseration; but the edges of his lips were blue. "He thinks me mad; but I'm not mad," she reflected; and suddenly there flashed upon her a way of justifying her strange affirmation. She sat quiet, controlling the quiver of her lips, and waiting till she could trust her voice to keep its habitual level; then she said, looking straight at Parvis: "Will you answer me one question, please? When was it that Robert Elwell tried to kill himself?" "When--when?" Parvis stammered. "Yes; the date. Please try to remember." She saw that he was growing still more afraid of her. "I have a reason," she insisted gently. "Yes, yes. Only I can't remember. About two months before, I should say." "I want the date," she repeated. LF FORGOTTEN WORDS WORDS SPOKEN BY ALIDA STAIR ON THE LAWN AT PANGBURN BEFORE BOYNE AND HIS WIFE HAD EVER SEEN THE HOUSE AT LYING OR HAD IMAGINED THAT THEY MIGHT ONE DAY LIVE HERE THIS WAS THE MAN WHO SPOKE TO ME SHE REPEATED SHE LOOKED AGAIN AT PARVIS HE WAS TRYING TO CONCEAL HIS DISTURBANCE UNDER WHAT HE PROBABLY IMAGINED TO BE AN EXPRESSION OF INDULGENT COMMISERATION BUT THE EDGES OF HIS LIPS WERE BLUE HE THINKS ME MAD BUT I'M NOT MAD SHE REFLECTED AND SUDDENLY THERE FLASHED UPON HER A WAY OF JUSTIFYING HER STRANGE AFFIRMATION SHE SAT QUIET CONTROLLING THE QUIVER OF HER LIPS AND WAITING TILL SHE COULD TRUST HER VOICE THEN SHE SAID LOOKING STRAIGHT AT PARVIS WILL YOU ANSWER ME ONE QUESTION PLEASE WHEN WAS IT THAT ROBERT LWELL TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF WHEN WHEN PARVIS STAMMERED YES THE DATE PLEASE TRY TO REMEMBER SHE SAW THAT HE WAS GROWING STILL MORE AFRAID OF HER I HAVE A REASON SHE INSISTED YES YES ONLY I CAN'T REMEMBER ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE I SHOULD SAY I WANT THE DATE SHE REPEATED
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