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For
,
as
he
sits
there
now
,
secure
in
the
faith
that
his
counsel
may
be
able
to
extract
him
safely
from
this
"
(
and
at
this
Clyde
sat
bolt
upright
,
his
hair
tingling
,
and
his
hands
concealed
beneath
the
table
,
trembling
slightly
)
,
"
he
does
not
know
that
that
girl
,
while
in
her
room
in
the
Grass
Lake
Inn
,
had
written
her
mother
a
letter
,
which
she
had
not
had
time
to
mail
,
and
which
was
in
the
pocket
of
her
coat
left
behind
because
of
the
heat
of
the
day
,
and
because
she
imagined
she
was
coming
back
,
of
course
.
And
which
is
here
now
upon
this
table
.
"
At
this
Clyde
's
teeth
fairly
chattered
.
He
shook
as
with
a
chill
.
To
be
sure
,
she
had
left
her
coat
behind
!
And
Belknap
and
Jephson
also
sat
up
,
wondering
what
this
could
be
.
How
fatally
,
if
at
all
,
could
it
mar
or
make
impossible
the
plan
of
defense
which
they
had
evolved
?
They
could
only
wait
and
see
.
"
But
in
that
letter
,
"
went
on
Mason
,
"
she
tells
why
she
was
up
there
--
to
be
married
,
no
less
"
(
and
at
this
point
Jephson
and
Belknap
,
as
well
as
Clyde
,
heaved
an
enormous
sigh
of
relief
--
it
was
directly
in
the
field
of
their
plan
)
"
and
within
a
day
or
two
,
"
continued
Mason
,
thinking
still
that
he
was
literally
riddling
Clyde
with
fear
.
"
But
Griffiths
,
or
Graham
,
of
Albany
,
or
Syracuse
,
or
anywhere
,
knew
better
.
He
knew
he
was
not
coming
back
.
And
he
took
all
of
his
belongings
with
him
in
that
boat
.
And
all
afternoon
long
,
from
noon
until
evening
,
he
searched
for
a
spot
on
that
lonely
lake
--
a
spot
not
easily
observed
from
any
point
of
the
shore
,
as
we
will
show
.
And
as
evening
fell
,
he
found
it
.
And
walking
south
through
the
woods
afterwards
,
with
a
new
straw
hat
upon
his
head
,
a
clean
,
dry
bag
in
his
hand
,
he
imagined
himself
to
be
secure
.
Clifford
Golden
was
no
more
--
Carl
Graham
was
no
more
--
drowned
--
at
the
bottom
of
Big
Bittern
,
along
with
Roberta
Alden
.
But
Clyde
Griffiths
was
alive
and
free
,
and
on
his
way
to
Twelfth
Lake
,
to
the
society
he
so
loved
.
"
Gentlemen
,
Clyde
Griffiths
killed
Roberta
Alden
before
he
put
her
in
that
lake
.
He
beat
her
on
the
head
and
face
,
and
he
believed
no
eye
saw
him
.
But
,
as
her
last
death
cry
rang
out
over
the
water
of
Big
Bittern
,
there
was
a
witness
,
and
before
the
prosecution
has
closed
its
case
,
that
witness
will
be
here
to
tell
you
the
story
.
"
Mason
had
no
eye
witness
,
but
he
could
not
resist
this
opportunity
to
throw
so
disrupting
a
thought
into
the
opposition
camp
.
And
decidedly
,
the
result
was
all
that
he
expected
,
and
more
.
For
Clyde
,
who
up
to
this
time
and
particularly
since
the
thunderbolt
of
the
letter
,
had
been
seeking
to
face
it
all
with
an
imperturbable
look
of
patient
innocence
,
now
stiffened
and
then
wilted
.
A
witness
!
And
here
to
testify
!
God
!
Then
he
,
whoever
he
was
,
lurking
on
the
lone
shore
of
the
lake
,
had
seen
the
unintended
blow
,
had
heard
her
cries
--
had
seen
that
he
had
not
sought
to
aid
her
!
Had
seen
him
swim
to
shore
and
steal
away
--
maybe
had
watched
him
in
the
woods
as
he
changed
his
clothes
.
God
!
His
hands
now
gripped
the
sides
of
the
chair
,
and
his
head
went
back
with
a
jerk
as
if
from
a
powerful
blow
,
for
that
meant
death
--
his
sure
execution
.
God
!
No
hope
now
!
His
head
dropped
and
he
looked
as
though
he
might
lapse
into
a
state
of
coma
.
As
to
Belknap
,
Mason
's
revelation
at
first
caused
him
to
drop
the
pencil
with
which
he
was
making
notes
,
then
next
to
stare
in
a
puzzled
and
dumbfounded
way
,
since
they
had
no
evidence
wherewith
to
forefend
against
such
a
smash
as
this
--
But
as
instantly
recalling
how
completely
off
his
guard
he
must
look
,
recovering
.
Could
it
be
that
Clyde
might
have
been
lying
to
them
,
after
all
--
that
he
had
killed
her
intentionally
,
and
before
this
unseen
witness
?
If
so
it
might
be
necessary
for
them
to
withdraw
from
such
a
hopeless
and
unpopular
case
,
after
all
.
As
for
Jephson
,
he
was
for
the
moment
stunned
and
flattened
.
And
through
his
stern
and
not
easily
shakable
brain
raced
such
thoughts
as
--
was
there
really
a
witness
?
--
has
Clyde
lied
?
--
then
the
die
was
cast
,
for
had
he
not
already
admitted
to
them
that
he
had
struck
Roberta
,
and
the
witness
must
have
seen
that
?
And
so
the
end
of
any
plea
of
a
change
of
heart
.
Who
would
believe
that
,
after
such
testimony
as
this
?
