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"Oh, that!" He glanced down the printed slip, and then folded it with the gesture of one who handles something harmless and familiar. "What's the matter with you this afternoon, Mary? I thought you'd got bad news." OH THAT HE GLANCED DOWN THE PRINTED SLIP AND THEN FOLDED IT WITH THE GESTURE OF ONE WHO HANDLES SOMETHING HARMLESS AND FAMILIAR WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON MARY I THOUGHT YOU'D GOT BAD NEWS
ad risen at the same instant, almost as if hearing her cry before she uttered it; and for a perceptible space of time he and she studied each other, like adversaries watching for an advantage, across the space between her chair and his desk. "What's what? You fairly made me jump!" Boyne said at length, moving toward her with a sudden, half-exasperated laugh. The shadow of apprehension was on his face again, not now a look of fixed foreboding, but a shifting vigilance of lips and eyes that gave her the sense of his feeling himself invisibly surrounded. Her hand shook so that she could hardly give him the clipping. "This article -- from the 'Waukesha Sentinel' -- that a man named Elwell has brought suit against you -- that there was something wrong about the Blue Star Mine. I can't understand more than half." They continued to face each other as she spoke, and to her astonishment, she saw that her words had the almost immediate effect of dissipating the strained watchfulness of his look. WHAT'S THIS WHAT DOES IT MEAN HE HAD RISEN AT THE SAME INSTANT ALMOST AS IF HEARING HER CRY BEFORE SHE UTTERED IT AND FOR A PERCEPTIBLE SPACE OF TIME HE AND SHE STUDIED EACH OTHER LIKE ADVERSARIES WATCHING FOR AN ADVANTAGE ACROSS THE SPACE BETWEEN HER CHAIR AND HIS DESK WHAT'S WHAT YOU FAIRLY MADE ME JUMP BOYNE SAID AT LENGTH MOVING TOWARD HER WITH A SUDDEN HALF EXASPERATED LAUGH THE SHADOW OF APPREHENSION WAS ON HIS FACE AGAIN NOT NOW A LOOK OF FIXED FOREBODING BUT A SHIFTING VIGILANCE OF LIPS AND EYES THAT GAVE HER THE SENSE OF HIS FEELING HIMSELF INVISIBLY SURROUNDED HER HAND SHOOK SO THAT SHE COULD HARDLY GIVE HIM THE CLIPPING THIS ARTICLE FROM THE WALKERSHAW SENTINEL THAT A MAN NAMED LWELL HAS BROUGHT SUIT AGAINST YOU THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG ABOUT THE BLUE STAR MIND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND MORE THAN HALF THEY CONTINUED TO FACE EACH OTHER AS SHE SPOKE AND TO HER ASTONISHMENT SHE SAW THAT HER WORDS HAD THE ALMOST IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF DISSIPATING THE STRANGE WATCHFULNESS OF HIS LOOK
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