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"My dear Parvis,"   who was Parvis?  "I have just received your letter announcing Elwell's death, and while I suppose there is now no farther risk of trouble, it might be safer  " She tossed the sheet aside, and continued her search; but no folded paper was discoverable among the letters and pages of manuscript which had been swept together in a promiscuous heap, as if by a hurried or a startled gesture. MY DEAR PARVIS WHO WAS PARVIS I HAVE JUST RECEIVED YOUR LETTER ANNOUNCING LWELL'S DEATH AND WHILE I SUPPOSE THERE IS NOW NO FURTHER RISK OF TROUBLE IT MIGHT BE SAFER SHE TOSSED THE SHEET ASIDE AND CONTINUED HER SEARCH BUT NO FOLDED PAPER WAS DISCOVERABLE AMONG THE LETTERS AND PAGES OF MANUSCRIPT WHICH HAD BEEN SWEPT TOGETHER IN A HEAP AS IF BY A HURRIED OR A STARTLED GESTURE
h the sharp note of some one trying to be heard through a confusion of meaningless noises. "That I couldn't say, Madam." Trimmle, standing there by the lamp, seemed suddenly to grow less round and rosy, as though eclipsed by the same creeping shade of apprehension. "But the kitchen-maid knows -- wasn't it the kitchen-maid who let him in?" "She doesn't know either, Madam, for he wrote his name on a folded paper." Mary, through her agitation, was aware that they were both designating the unknown visitor by a vague pronoun, instead of the conventional formula which, till then, had kept their allusions within the bounds of custom. And at the same moment her mind caught at the suggestion of the folded paper. "But he must have a name! Where is the paper?" She moved to the desk, and began to turn over the scattered documents that littered it. The first that caught her eye was an unfinished letter in her husband's hand, with his pen lying across it, as though dropped there at a sudden summons. E GENTLEMAN BUT WHO WAS THE GENTLEMAN MARY INSISTED WITH THE SHRILL NOTE OF SOMEONE TRYING TO BE HEARD THROUGH A CONFUSION OF NOISES THAT I COULDN'T SAY MUM TRIMMEL STANDING THERE BY THE LAMP SEEMED SUDDENLY TO GROW LESS ROUND AND ROSY AS THOUGH ECLIPSED BY THE SAME CREEPING SHADE OF APPREHENSION BUT THE KITCHEN MAID KNOWS WASN'T IT THE KITCHEN MAID WHO LET HIM IN SHE DOESN'T KNOW EITHER MA'AM FOR HE WROTE HIS NAME ON A FOLDED PAPER MARY THROUGH HER AGITATION WAS AWARE THAT THEY WERE BOTH DESIGNATING THE UNKNOWN VISITOR BY A VAGUE PRONOUN INSTEAD OF THE CONVENTIONAL FORMULA WHICH TILL THEN HAD KEPT THEIR ILLUSIONS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF CONFORMITY AND AT THE SAME MOMENT HER MIND CAUGHT AT THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE FOLDED PAPER BUT HE MUST HAVE A NAME WHERE IS THE PAPER SHE MOVED TO THE DESK AND BEGAN TO TURN OVER THE DOCUMENTS THAT LITTERED IT THE FIRST THAT CAUGHT HER EYE WAS AN UNFINISHED LETTER IN HER HUSBAND'S HAND WITH HIS PEN LYING ACROSS IT AS THOUGH DROPPED THERE AT A SUDDEN SUMMONS
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