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Such questions as these were constantly in the mouths of the people of that neighborhood for some days after the disappearance, but they met with no satisfactory answer from any quarter, and as the time passed by it began to be believed that no light would ever be thrown upon the most mysterious occurrence that had ever taken place since that part of the country had been first settled. One of the constables, discouraged by repeated failures, ventured in all seriousness to express a suspicion that Savareen had been bodily devoured by his mare. How else could you account for no trace of him being visible anywhere? SUCH QUESTIONS AS THESE WERE CONSTANTLY IN THE MOUTHS OF THE PEOPLE OF THAT NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR SOME DAYS AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE BUT THEY MET WITH NO SATISFACTORY ANSWER FROM ANY QUARTER AND AS TIME PASSED BY IT BEGAN TO BELIEVE HE BELIEVED THAT NO LIGHT WOULD EVER BE THROWN UPON THE MOST MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE THAT HAD EVER TAKEN PLACE SINCE THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY HAD BEEN FIRST SETTLED ONE OF THE CONSTABLES DISCOURAGED BY REPEATED FAILURES VENTURED IN ALL SERIOUSNESS TO EXPRESS HIS SUSPICION THAT SAVAREEN HAD BEEN BODILY DEVOURED BY HIS MARE HOW ELSE COULD YOU ACCOUNT FOR NO TRACE OF HIM BEING VISIBLE ANYWHERE
 The two or three minutes elapsing between Savareen's departure from the toll-gate and Lapierre's arrival there had been too brief to admit of the latter's having meanwhile killed the former and made away with his body; to say nothing of his having also made such a disposition of the black mare as to enable it to be found in Cranberry Swamp on the following day. After a while people began to ask whether it was probable that any murder at all had been committed. The finding of the coat was an unfathomable mystery, but it really furnished no evidence one way or the other. And if there had been a murder, how was it that no traces of the body were discoverable? How was it that no cry or exclamation of any kind had been heard by old Jonathan, sitting there at the door in the open air on a still night? It was certain that his ears had been wide open, and ready enough to take in whatever was stirring, for he had heard the sound of Count Frontenac's hoofs as they came clattering down the road. RATE A MURDER THE TWO OR THREE MINUTES ELAPSING BETWEEN SAVAREEN'S DEPARTURE FROM THE TOLL GATE AND LAPIERRE'S ARRIVAL THERE HAD BEEN TOO BRIEF TO ADMIT OF THE LATTER'S HAVING MEANWHILE KILLED THE FORMER AND MADE AWAY WITH HIS BODY TO SAY NOTHING OF HIS HAVING ALSO MADE SUCH A DISPOSITION OF THE BLACK MARE AS TO ENABLE TO BE FOUND IN THE CRANBERRY SWAMP ON THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER A WHILE PEOPLE BEGAN TO ASK WHETHER IT WAS PROBABLE THAT ANY MURDER AT ALL HAD BEEN COMMITTED THE FINDING OF THE COAT WAS AN UNFATHOMABLE MYSTERY BUT IT REALLY FURNISHED NO EVIDENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND IF THERE HAD BEEN A MURDER HOW WAS IT THAT NO TRACES OF THE BODY WERE DISCOVERABLE HOW WAS IT THAT NO CRY OR EXCLAMATION OF ANY KIND HAD BEEN HEARD BY OLD JONATHAN SITTING THERE AT THE DOOR IN THE OPEN AIR ON A STILL NIGHT IT WAS CERTAIN THAT HIS EARS HAD BEEN WIDE OPEN AND READY ENOUGH TO TAKE IN WHATEVER WAS STIRRING FOR HE HAD HEARD THE SOUND OF COUNT FERNON EX HOOFS AS THEY CAME CLATTERING DOWN THE ROAD
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