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Reluctantly Bobby's glance went to the centre of the floor where the casket rested on trestles. RELUCTANTLY BOBBY'S GLANCE WENT TO THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR WHERE THE CASKET RESTED ON TRESTLES
oo, for he sprang from his chair, and, followed by Rawlins, started upward. The entire company crowded the stairs. At the top Bobby found Paredes at his side. "Carlos! Why do you come?" "I would like to be of some comfort," Paredes answered gravely. His fingers on the banister made that restless, groping movement. Graham summoned Katherine. One of the black-clothed men opened the door of Silas Blackburn's room. He stepped aside, beckoning. He had an air of a showman craving approbation for the surprise he has arranged. Bobby went in with the others. Automatically through the dim light he catalogued remembered objects, all intimate to his grandfather, each oddly entangled in his mind with his dislike of the old man. The iron bed; the chest of drawers, scratched and with broken handles; the closed colonial desk; the miserly rag carpet--all seemed mutely asking, as Bobby did, why their owner had deserted them the other night and delivered himself to the ghostly mystery of the old bedroom.  THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY REALIZED THAT TOO FOR HE SPRANG FROM HIS CHAIR AND FOLLOWED BY RAWLINS STARTED UPWARD THE ENTIRE COMPANY CROWDED THE STAIRS AT THE TOP BOBBY FOUND PAREDES AT HIS SIDE CARLOS WHY DO YOU COME I WOULD LIKE TO BE OF SOME COMFORT PAREDES ANSWERED GRAVELY HIS FINGERS ON THE BANISTER MADE THAT RESTLESS GROPING MOTION GRAHAM SUMMONED KATHERINE ONE OF THE BLACK CLOTHED MEN OPENED THE DOOR OF SILAS BLACKBURN'S ROOM HE STEPPED ASIDE BECKONING HID THE AIR OF A SHOWMAN CRAVING APPROBATION FOR THE SURPRISE HE HAD ARRANGED BOBBY WENT IN WITH THE OTHERS AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH THE DIM LIGHT HE CATALOGUED REMEMBERED OBJECTS ALL INTIMATE TO HIS GRANDFATHER EACH ODDLY ENTANGLED IN HIS MIND WITH HIS DISLIKE OF THE OLD MAN THE IRON BED THE CHEST OF DRAWERS SCRATCHED AND WITH BROKEN HANDLES THE CLOSED COLONIAL DESK THE MISERLY RAG CARPET ALL SEEMED MUTELY ASKING AS BOBBY DID WHY THEIR OWNER HAD DESERTED THEM THE OTHER NIGHT AND DELIVERED HIMSELF TO THE GHOSTLY MYSTERY OF THE OLD BEDROOM
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