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It threw, even to her confused perceptions, and imperfectly initiated vision, a lurid glare on the whole hazy episode of the Blue Star Mine. IT THREW EVEN TO HER CONFUSED PERCEPTIONS AND IMPERFECTLY INITIATED VISION A LURID GLARE ON THE WHOLE HAZY EPISODE OF THE BLUE STAR MINE
eye-glasses, and it sent a strange tremor through her to know that this was the person to whom her husband's last known thought had been directed. Parvis, civilly, but without vain preamble,--in the manner of a man who has his watch in his hand,--had set forth the object of his visit. He had "run over" to England on business, and finding himself in the neighborhood of Dorchester, had not wished to leave it without paying his respects to Mrs. Boyne; without asking her, if the occasion offered, what she meant to do about Bob Elwell's family. The words touched the spring of some obscure dread in Mary's bosom. Did her visitor, after all, know what Boyne had meant by his unfinished phrase? She asked for an elucidation of his question, and noticed at once that he seemed surprised at her continued ignorance of the subject. Was it possible that she really knew as little as she said? "I know nothing -- you must tell me," she faltered out; and her visitor thereupon proceeded to unfold his story. MAN WITH A BALD HEAD AND GOLD EYE GLASSES AND IT SENT A TREMOR THROUGH HER TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE PERSON TO WHOM HER HUSBAND'S LAST KNOWN THOUGHT HAD BEEN DIRECTED PARVIS CIVILLY BUT WITHOUT VAIN PREAMBLE IN THE MANNER OF A MAN WHO HAS HIS WATCH IN HIS HAND HAD SET FORTH THE OBJECT OF HIS VISIT HE HAD RUN OVER TO ENGLAND ON BUSINESS AND FINDING HIMSELF IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF DORCHESTER HAD NOT WISHED TO LEAVE IT WITHOUT PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO MISSUS BOYNE AND WITHOUT ASKING HER IF THE OCCASION OFFERED WHAT SHE MEANT TO DO ABOUT BOB ALWELL' FAMILY THE WORDS TOUCHED THE SPRING OF SOME OBSCURE DREAD IN MARY'S BOSOM DID HER VISITOR AFTER ALL KNOW WHAT BOYNE HAD MEANT BY HIS UNFINISHED PHRASE SHE ASKED FOR AN ELUCIDATION OF HIS QUESTION AND NOTICED AT ONCE THAT HE HAD SEEMED SURPRISED AT HER CONTINUED IGNORANCE OF THE SUBJECT WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE REALLY KNEW AS LITTLE AS SHE SAID I KNOW NOTHING YOU MUST TELL ME SHE FALTERED OUT AND HER VISITOR THEREUPON PROCEEDED TO UNFOLD HIS STORY
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