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"
Well
,
then
,
this
is
the
way
it
looks
to
me
,
"
said
Jephson
,
again
turning
to
Belknap
.
"
I
think
we
can
safely
say
when
the
time
comes
that
those
marks
were
never
made
by
him
at
all
,
see
?
--
but
by
the
hooks
and
the
poles
with
which
they
were
scraping
around
up
there
when
they
were
trying
to
find
her
.
We
can
try
it
,
anyhow
.
And
if
the
hooks
and
poles
did
n't
do
it
,
"
he
added
,
a
little
grimly
and
dryly
,
"
certainly
hauling
her
body
from
that
lake
to
that
railroad
station
and
from
there
to
here
on
the
train
might
have
.
"
"
Yes
,
I
think
Mason
would
have
a
hard
time
proving
that
they
were
n't
made
that
way
,
"
replied
Belknap
"
And
as
for
that
tripod
,
well
,
we
'd
better
exhume
the
body
and
make
our
own
measurements
,
and
measure
the
thickness
of
the
edge
of
that
boat
,
so
that
it
may
not
be
so
easy
for
Mason
to
make
any
use
of
the
tripod
now
that
he
has
it
,
after
all
.
"
Mr.
Jephson
's
eyes
were
very
small
and
very
clear
and
very
blue
,
as
he
said
this
.
His
head
,
as
well
as
his
body
,
had
a
thin
,
ferrety
look
.
And
it
seemed
to
Clyde
,
who
had
been
observing
and
listening
to
all
this
with
awe
,
that
this
younger
man
might
be
the
one
to
aid
him
.
He
was
so
shrewd
and
practical
,
so
very
direct
and
chill
and
indifferent
and
yet
confidence-inspiring
,
quite
like
an
uncontrollable
machine
of
a
kind
which
generates
power
.
And
when
at
last
these
two
were
ready
to
go
,
he
was
sorry
.
For
with
them
near
him
,
planning
and
plotting
in
regard
to
himself
,
he
felt
so
much
safer
,
stronger
,
more
hopeful
,
more
certain
of
being
free
,
maybe
,
at
some
future
date
.
The
result
of
all
this
,
however
,
was
that
it
was
finally
decided
that
perhaps
the
easiest
and
safest
defense
that
could
be
made
,
assuming
that
the
Griffiths
family
of
Lycurgus
would
submit
to
it
,
would
be
that
of
insanity
or
"
brain
storm
"
--
a
temporary
aberration
due
to
love
and
an
illusion
of
grandeur
aroused
in
Clyde
by
Sondra
Finchley
and
the
threatened
disruption
by
Roberta
of
all
his
dreams
and
plans
.
But
after
consultation
with
Catchuman
and
Darrah
Brookhart
at
Lycurgus
,
and
these
in
turn
conferring
with
Samuel
and
Gilbert
Griffiths
,
it
was
determined
that
this
would
not
do
.
For
to
establish
insanity
or
"
brain
storm
"
would
require
previous
evidence
or
testimony
to
the
effect
that
Clyde
was
of
none
too
sound
mind
,
erratic
his
whole
life
long
,
and
with
certain
specific
instances
tending
to
demonstrate
how
really
peculiar
he
was
--
relatives
(
among
them
the
Griffiths
of
Lycurgus
themselves
,
perhaps
)
,
coming
on
to
swear
to
it
--
a
line
of
evidence
,
which
,
requiring
as
it
would
,
outright
lying
and
perjury
on
the
part
of
many
as
well
as
reflecting
on
the
Griffiths
'
blood
and
brain
,
was
sufficient
to
alienate
both
Samuel
and
Gilbert
to
the
extent
that
they
would
have
none
of
it
.
And
so
Brookhart
was
compelled
to
assure
Belknap
that
this
line
of
defense
would
have
to
be
abandoned
.
Such
being
the
case
,
both
Belknap
and
Jephson
were
once
more
compelled
to
sit
down
and
consider
.
For
any
other
defense
which
either
could
think
of
now
seemed
positively
hopeless
.
"
I
want
to
tell
you
one
thing
!
"
observed
the
sturdy
Jephson
,
after
thumbing
through
the
letters
of
both
Roberta
and
Sondra
again
.
"
These
letters
of
this
Alden
girl
are
the
toughest
things
we
're
going
to
have
to
face
.
They
're
likely
to
make
any
jury
cry
if
they
're
read
right
,
and
then
to
introduce
those
letters
from
that
other
girl
on
top
of
these
would
be
fatal
.
It
will
be
better
,
I
think
,
if
we
do
not
mention
hers
at
all
,
unless
he
does
.
It
will
only
make
it
look
as
though
he
had
killed
that
Alden
girl
to
get
rid
of
her
.
Mason
could
n't
want
anything
better
,
as
I
see
it
.
"
And
with
this
Belknap
agreed
most
heartily
.
At
the
same
time
,
some
plan
must
be
devised
immediately
.
And
so
,
out
of
these
various
conferences
,
it
was
finally
deduced
by
Jephson
,
who
saw
a
great
opportunity
for
himself
in
this
matter
,
that
the
safest
possible
defense
that
could
be
made
,
and
one
to
which
Clyde
's
own
suspicious
and
most
peculiar
actions
would
most
exactly
fit
,
would
be
that
he
had
never
contemplated
murder
.
On
the
contrary
,
being
a
moral
if
not
a
physical
coward
,
as
his
own
story
seemed
to
suggest
,
and
in
terror
of
being
exposed
and
driven
out
of
Lycurgus
and
of
the
heart
of
Sondra
,
and
never
as
yet
having
told
Roberta
of
Sondra
and
thinking
that
knowledge
of
this
great
love
for
her
(
Sondra
)
might
influence
Roberta
to
wish
to
be
rid
of
him
,
he
had
hastily
and
without
any
worse
plan
in
mind
,
decided
to
persuade
Roberta
to
accompany
him
to
any
near-by
resort
but
not
especially
Grass
Lake
or
Big
Bittern
,
in
order
to
tell
her
all
this
and
so
win
his
freedom
--
yet
not
without
offering
to
pay
her
expenses
as
nearly
as
he
could
during
her
very
trying
period
.
