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And
Samuel
Griffiths
after
meditating
on
this
reference
to
his
earlier
sympathetic
folly
now
giving
Gilbert
a
most
suggestive
and
intensely
troubled
look
,
which
said
:
Are
we
here
to
discuss
the
folly
of
my
original
,
if
foolish
,
good
intentions
,
or
the
present
crisis
?
And
Gilbert
thinking
:
The
murderer
!
And
that
wretched
little
show-off
,
Sondra
Finchley
,
trying
to
make
something
of
him
in
order
to
spite
me
,
Gilbert
,
principally
,
and
so
getting
herself
smirched
.
The
little
fool
!
But
it
served
her
right
.
She
would
get
her
share
of
this
now
.
Only
it
would
cause
him
and
his
father
and
all
of
them
infinite
trouble
also
.
For
was
this
not
an
ineradicable
stain
which
was
likely
to
defile
all
--
himself
,
his
fiancee
,
Bella
,
Myra
,
his
parents
--
and
perhaps
cost
them
their
position
here
in
Lycurgus
society
?
The
tragedy
!
Maybe
an
execution
!
And
in
this
family
!
Yet
Samuel
Griffiths
,
on
his
part
,
going
back
in
his
mind
to
all
that
had
occurred
since
Clyde
had
arrived
in
Lycurgus
.
His
being
left
to
work
in
that
basement
at
first
and
ignored
by
the
family
.
Left
to
his
own
devices
for
fully
eight
months
.
Might
not
that
have
been
at
least
a
contributing
cause
to
all
this
horror
?
And
then
being
put
over
all
those
girls
!
Was
not
that
a
mistake
?
He
could
see
all
this
now
clearly
,
although
by
no
means
condoning
Clyde
's
deed
in
any
way
--
far
from
it
.
The
wretchedness
of
such
a
mind
as
that
--
the
ungoverned
and
carnal
desires
!
The
uncontrollable
brutality
of
seducing
that
girl
and
then
because
of
Sondra
--
the
pleasant
,
agreeable
little
Sondra
--
plotting
to
get
rid
of
her
!
And
now
in
jail
,
and
offering
no
better
explanation
of
all
the
amazing
circumstances
,
as
reported
by
Smillie
,
than
that
he
had
not
intended
to
kill
her
at
all
--
had
not
even
plotted
to
do
so
--
that
the
wind
had
blown
his
hat
off
!
How
impossibly
weak
!
And
with
no
suitable
explanation
for
the
two
hats
,
or
the
missing
suit
,
or
of
not
going
to
the
aid
of
the
drowning
girl
.
And
those
unexplained
marks
on
her
face
.
How
strongly
all
these
things
pointed
to
his
guilt
.
"
For
God
's
sake
,
"
exclaimed
Gilbert
,
"
has
n't
he
anything
better
than
that
to
offer
,
the
little
fool
!
"
And
Smillie
replied
that
that
was
all
he
could
get
him
to
say
,
and
that
Mr.
Mason
was
absolutely
and
quite
dispassionately
convinced
of
his
guilt
.
"
Dreadful
!
Dreadful
!
"
put
in
Samuel
.
"
I
really
ca
n't
grasp
it
yet
.
I
ca
n't
!
It
does
n't
seem
possible
that
any
one
of
my
blood
could
be
guilty
of
such
a
thing
!
"
And
then
getting
up
and
walking
the
floor
in
real
and
crushing
distress
and
fear
.
His
family
!
Gilbert
and
his
future
!
Bella
,
with
all
her
ambitions
and
dreams
!
And
Sondra
!
And
Finchley
!
He
clinched
his
hands
.
He
knitted
his
brows
and
tightened
his
lips
.
He
looked
at
Smillie
,
who
,
immaculate
and
sleek
,
showed
nevertheless
the
immense
strain
that
was
on
him
,
shaking
his
head
dismally
whenever
Griffiths
looked
at
him
.
And
then
after
nearly
an
hour
and
a
half
more
of
such
questioning
and
requestioning
as
to
the
possibility
of
some
other
interpretation
than
the
data
furnished
by
Smillie
would
permit
,
Griffiths
,
senior
,
pausing
and
declaring
:
"
Well
,
it
does
look
bad
,
I
must
say
.
Still
,
in
the
face
of
what
you
tell
me
,
I
ca
n't
find
it
in
me
to
condemn
completely
without
more
knowledge
than
we
have
here
.
There
may
be
some
other
facts
not
as
yet
come
to
light
--
he
wo
n't
talk
,
you
say
,
about
most
things
--
some
little
details
we
do
n't
know
about
--
some
slight
excuse
of
some
kind
--
for
without
that
this
does
appear
to
be
a
most
atrocious
crime
.
Has
Mr.
Brookhart
got
in
from
Boston
?
"
"
Yes
,
sir
,
he
's
here
,
"
replied
Gilbert
.
"
He
telephoned
Mr.
Smillie
.
"
"
Well
,
have
him
come
out
here
at
two
this
afternoon
to
see
me
.
I
'm
too
tired
to
talk
more
about
this
right
now
.
Tell
him
all
that
you
have
told
me
,
Smillie
.
And
then
come
back
here
with
him
at
two
.
It
may
be
that
he
will
have
some
suggestion
to
make
that
will
be
of
value
to
us
,
although
just
what
I
ca
n't
see
.
Only
one
thing
I
want
to
say
--
I
hope
he
is
n't
guilty
.
And
I
want
every
proper
step
taken
to
discover
whether
he
is
or
not
,
and
if
not
,
to
defend
him
to
the
limit
of
the
law
.
But
no
more
than
that
.
No
trying
to
save
anybody
who
is
guilty
of
such
a
thing
as
this
--
no
,
no
,
no
!
--
not
even
if
he
is
my
nephew
!
Not
me
!
I
'm
not
that
kind
of
a
man
!
Trouble
or
no
trouble
--
disgrace
or
no
disgrace
--
I
'll
do
what
I
can
to
help
him
if
he
's
innocent
--
if
there
's
even
the
faintest
reason
for
believing
so
.
But
guilty
?
No
!
Never
!
If
this
boy
is
really
guilty
,
he
'll
have
to
take
the
consequences
.
Not
a
dollar
--
not
a
penny
--
of
my
money
will
I
devote
to
any
one
who
could
be
guilty
of
such
a
crime
,
even
if
he
is
my
nephew
!
"
