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"Oh, he's a fellow I put into it    gave him a hand up. I told you all about him at the time." "I daresay. I must have forgotten." Vainly she strained back among her memories. "But if you helped him, why does he make this return?" "Oh, probably some shyster lawyer got hold of him and talked him over. It's all rather technical and complicated. I thought that kind of thing bored you." His wife felt a sting of compunction. OH HE'S A FELLOW I PUT INTO IT GAVE MY HAND UP I TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT HIM AT THE TIME I DARE SAY I MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN VAINLY SHE STRAINED BACK AMONG HER MEMORIES BUT IF YOU HELPED HIM WHY DOES HE MAKE THIS RETURN PROBABLY SOME SCHYSTER LAWYER GOT HOLD OF HIM AND TALKED HIM OVER IT'S ALL RATHER TECHNICAL AND COMPLICATED I THOUGHT THAT KIND OF THING BORED YOU HIS WIFE FELT A STING OF COMPUNCTION
n 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. "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." She stood before him with her undefinable terror subsiding slowly under the reassuring touch of his composure. "You knew about this, then -- it's all right?" "Certainly I knew about it; and it's all right." "But what is it? I don't understand. What does this man accuse you of?" "Oh, pretty nearly every crime in the calendar." Boyne had tossed the clipping down, and thrown himself comfortably into an arm-chair near the fire. "Do you want to hear the story? It's not particularly interesting -- just a squabble over interests in the Blue Star." "But who is this Elwell? I don't know the name. RE 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 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 SHE STOOD BEFORE HIM WITH HER UNDEFINABLE TERROR SUBSIDING SLOWLY UNDER THE REASSURANCE OF HIS TONE YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS THEN IT'S ALL RIGHT CERTAINLY I KNEW ABOUT IT AND IT'S ALL RIGHT BUT WHAT IS IT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THIS MAN ACCUSE YOU OF PRETTY NEARLY EVERY CRIME IN THE CALENDAR BOYNE HAD TOSSED THE CLIPPING DOWN AND THROWN HIMSELF INTO AN ARM CHAIR NEAR THE FIRE DO YOU WANT TO HEAR THE STORY IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTING JUST A SQUABBLE OVER INTERESTS IN THE BLUE STAR BUT WHO IS THIS L WILL I DON'T KNOW THE NAME
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