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The
courage
to
try
to
face
Roberta
when
,
as
he
knew
,
her
steady
,
accusing
,
horrified
,
innocent
,
blue
eyes
would
be
about
as
difficult
to
face
as
anything
in
all
the
world
.
And
could
he
do
that
?
Had
he
the
courage
?
And
would
it
all
work
out
satisfactorily
if
he
did
?
Would
Sondra
believe
him
--
once
she
heard
?
But
just
the
same
in
pursuance
of
this
idea
,
whether
finally
he
executed
it
or
not
,
even
though
he
went
to
Twelfth
Lake
,
he
must
write
Sondra
a
letter
saying
that
he
was
coming
.
And
this
he
did
at
once
,
writing
her
passionately
and
yearningly
.
At
the
same
time
he
decided
not
to
write
Roberta
at
all
.
Maybe
call
her
on
long
distance
,
since
she
had
recently
told
him
that
there
was
a
neighbor
near-by
who
had
a
telephone
,
and
if
for
any
reason
he
needed
to
reach
her
,
he
could
use
that
.
For
writing
her
in
regard
to
all
this
,
even
in
the
most
guarded
way
,
would
place
in
her
hands
,
and
at
this
time
,
exactly
the
type
of
evidence
in
regard
to
this
relationship
which
she
would
most
need
,
and
especially
when
he
was
so
determined
not
to
marry
her
.
The
trickery
of
all
this
!
It
was
low
and
shabby
,
no
doubt
.
Yet
if
only
Roberta
had
agreed
to
be
a
little
reasonable
with
him
,
he
would
never
have
dreamed
of
indulging
in
any
such
low
and
tricky
plan
as
this
.
But
,
oh
,
Sondra
!
Sondra
!
And
the
great
estate
that
she
had
described
,
lying
along
the
west
shore
of
Twelfth
Lake
.
How
beautiful
that
must
be
!
He
could
not
help
it
!
He
must
act
and
plan
as
he
was
doing
!
He
must
!
And
forthwith
he
arose
and
went
to
mail
the
letter
to
Sondra
.
And
then
while
out
,
having
purchased
an
evening
paper
and
hoping
via
the
local
news
of
all
whom
he
knew
,
to
divert
his
mind
for
the
time
being
,
there
,
upon
the
first
page
of
the
Times
--
Union
of
Albany
,
was
an
item
which
read
:
ACCIDENTAL
DOUBLE
TRAGEDY
AT
PASS
LAKE
--
UPTURNED
CANOE
AND
FLOATING
HATS
REVEAL
PROBABLE
LOSS
OF
TWO
LIVES
AT
RESORT
NEAR
PITTSFIELD
--
UNIDENTIFIED
BODY
OF
GIRL
RECOVERED
--
THAT
OF
COMPANION
STILL
MISSING
Because
of
his
own
great
interest
in
canoeing
,
and
indeed
in
any
form
of
water
life
,
as
well
as
his
own
particular
skill
when
it
came
to
rowing
,
swimming
,
diving
,
he
now
read
with
interest
:
Pancoast
,
Mass.
,
June
7th
...
What
proved
to
be
a
fatal
boat
ride
for
two
,
apparently
,
was
taken
here
day
before
yesterday
by
an
unidentified
man
and
girl
who
came
presumably
from
Pittsfield
to
spend
the
day
at
Pass
Lake
,
which
is
fourteen
miles
north
of
this
place
.
Tuesday
morning
a
man
and
a
girl
,
who
said
to
Thomas
Lucas
,
who
conducts
the
Casino
Lunch
and
Boat
House
there
,
that
they
were
from
Pittsfield
,
rented
a
small
row-boat
about
ten
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
with
a
basket
,
presumably
containing
lunch
,
departed
for
the
northern
end
of
the
lake
.
At
seven
o'clock
last
evening
,
when
they
did
not
return
,
Mr.
Lucas
,
in
company
with
his
son
Jeffrey
,
made
a
tour
of
the
lake
in
his
motor
boat
and
discovered
the
row-boat
upside
down
in
the
shallows
near
the
north
shore
,
but
no
trace
of
the
occupants
.
Thinking
at
the
time
that
it
might
be
another
instance
of
renters
having
decamped
in
order
to
avoid
payment
,
he
returned
the
boat
to
his
own
dock
.
