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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. 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
know! In the fortnight since Boyne's disappearance there had been no word of him, no trace of his movements. Even the usual misleading reports that raise expectancy in tortured bosoms had been few and fleeting. No one but the bewildered kitchen-maid had seen him leave the house, and no one else had seen "the gentleman" who accompanied him. All inquiries in the neighborhood failed to elicit the memory of a stranger's presence that day in the neighborhood of Lyng. And no one had met Edward Boyne, either alone or in company, in any of the neighboring villages, 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 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. WING SOMETHING THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW IN THE FORTNIGHT SINCE BOYNE'S DISAPPEARANCE THERE HAD BEEN NO WORD OF HIM NO TRACE OF HIS MOVEMENTS EVEN THE USUAL MISLEADING REPORTS THAT RAY'S EXPECTANCY IN TORTURED BOSOMS HAD BEEN FEW AND FLEETING NO ONE BUT THE KITCHEN MAID HAD SEEN BOYNE LEAVE THE HOUSE AND NO ONE ELSE HAD SEEN THE GENTLEMAN WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM ALL INQUIRIES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD FAILED TO ELICIT THE MEMORY OF A STRANGER'S PRESENCE THAT DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LYING AND NO ONE HAD MET EDWARD BOYNE EITHER ALONE OR IN COMPANY IN ANY OF THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES 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
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