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She lifted her head and looked slowly about the library. The library could have borne witness that it was also the portrait of the man who had come in that day to call Boyne from his unfinished letter. SHE LIFTED HER HEAD AND LOOKED SLOWLY ABOUT THE LIBRARY THE LIBRARY COULD HAVE BORNE WITNESS THAT IT WAS ALSO THE PORTRAIT OF THE MAN WHO HAD COME IN THAT DAY TO CALL BOYNE FROM HIS UNFINISHED LETTER
rden!" Parvis took the journal from her, directing his glasses to the portrait. "It can't be, Mrs. Boyne. It's Robert Elwell." "Robert Elwell?" Her white stare seemed to travel into space. "Then it was Robert Elwell who came for him." "Came for Boyne? The day he went away?" Parvis's voice dropped as hers rose. He bent over, laying a fraternal hand on her, as if to coax her gently back into her seat. "Why, Elwell was dead! Don't you remember?" Mary sat with her eyes fixed on the picture, unconscious of what he was saying. "Don't you remember Boyne's unfinished letter to me -- the one you found on his desk that day? It was written just after he'd heard of Elwell's death." She noticed an odd shake in Parvis's unemotional voice. "Surely you remember that!" he urged her. Yes, she remembered: that was the profoundest horror of it. Elwell had died the day before her husband's disappearance; and this was Elwell's portrait; and it was the portrait of the man who had spoken to her in the garden. L YOU IT'S THE MAN I KNOW HIM HE SPOKE TO ME IN THE GARDEN PARVIS TOOK THE JOURNAL FROM HER DIRECTING HIS GLASSES TO THE PORTRAIT IT CAN'T BE MISSUS BOYNE IT'S ROBERT LWELL ROBERT LWELL HER WHITE STARE SEEMED TO TRAVEL INTO SPACE THEN IT WAS ROBERT LWELL WHO CAME FOR HIM CAME FOR BOYNE THE DAY HE WENT AWAY FROM HERE PARBARAS'S VOICE DROPPED AS HERS ROSE HE BENT OVER LAYING A FRATERNAL HAND ON HER AS IF TO COAX HER GENTLY BACK INTO HER SEAT WHY LWELL WAS DEAD DON'T YOU REMEMBER MARY SAT WITH HER EYES FIXED ON THE PICTURE UNCONSCIOUS OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING DON'T YOU REMEMBER BOYNE'S UNFINISHED LETTER TO ME THE ONE YOU FOUND ON HIS DESK THAT DAY IT WAS WRITTEN JUST AFTER HE'D HEARD OF ALWELL'S DEATH SHE NOTICED AN ODD SHAKE IN PARVIS'S UNEMOTIONAL VOICE SURELY YOU REMEMBER HE URGED HER YES SHE REMEMBERED THAT WAS THE PROFOUNDEST HORROR OF IT L HAD DIED THE DAY BEFORE HER HUSBAND'S DISAPPEARANCE AND THIS WAS L'S PORTRAIT AND IT WAS THE PORTRAIT OF THE MAN WHO HAD SPOKEN TO HER IN THE GARDEN
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