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His
first
impulse
was
to
turn
and
follow
her
,
so
interested
was
he
by
her
strange
movements
.
But
he
decided
later
that
if
she
did
not
want
him
to
know
what
she
was
doing
,
perhaps
it
was
best
that
he
should
not
.
At
the
same
time
he
was
made
intensely
curious
by
this
evasive
gesture
.
Why
should
his
mother
not
wish
him
to
see
her
carrying
a
bag
anywhere
?
Evasion
and
concealment
formed
no
part
of
her
real
disposition
(
so
different
from
his
own
)
.
Almost
instantly
his
mind
proceeded
to
join
this
coincidence
with
the
time
he
had
seen
her
descending
the
steps
of
the
rooming
house
in
Montrose
Street
,
together
with
the
business
of
the
letter
he
had
found
her
reading
,
and
the
money
she
had
been
compelled
to
raise
--
the
hundred
dollars
.
Where
could
she
be
going
?
What
was
she
hiding
?
He
speculated
on
all
this
,
but
he
could
not
decide
whether
it
had
any
definite
connection
with
him
or
any
member
of
the
family
until
about
a
week
later
,
when
,
passing
along
Eleventh
near
Baltimore
,
he
thought
he
saw
Esta
,
or
at
least
a
girl
so
much
like
her
that
she
would
be
taken
for
her
anywhere
.
She
had
the
same
height
,
and
she
was
moving
along
as
Esta
used
to
walk
.
Only
,
now
he
thought
as
he
saw
her
,
she
looked
older
.
Yet
,
so
quickly
had
she
come
and
gone
in
the
mass
of
people
that
he
had
not
been
able
to
make
sure
.
It
was
only
a
glance
,
but
on
the
strength
of
it
,
he
had
turned
and
sought
to
catch
up
with
her
,
but
upon
reaching
the
spot
she
was
gone
.
So
convinced
was
he
,
however
,
that
he
had
seen
her
that
he
went
straight
home
,
and
,
encountering
his
mother
in
the
mission
,
announced
that
he
was
positive
he
had
seen
Esta
.
She
must
be
back
in
Kansas
City
again
.
He
could
have
sworn
to
it
.
He
had
seen
her
near
Eleventh
and
Baltimore
,
or
thought
he
had
.
Had
his
mother
heard
anything
from
her
?
And
then
curiously
enough
he
observed
that
his
mother
's
manner
was
not
exactly
what
he
thought
it
should
have
been
under
the
circumstances
.
His
own
attitude
had
been
one
of
commingled
astonishment
,
pleasure
,
curiosity
and
sympathy
because
of
the
sudden
disappearance
and
now
sudden
reappearance
of
Esta
.
Could
it
be
that
his
mother
had
used
that
hundred
dollars
to
bring
her
back
?
The
thought
had
come
to
him
--
why
or
from
where
,
he
could
not
say
.
He
wondered
.
But
if
so
,
why
had
she
not
returned
to
her
home
,
at
least
to
notify
the
family
of
her
presence
here
?
He
expected
his
mother
would
be
as
astonished
and
puzzled
as
he
was
--
quick
and
curious
for
details
.
Instead
,
she
appeared
to
him
to
be
obviously
confused
and
taken
aback
by
this
information
,
as
though
she
was
hearing
about
something
that
she
already
knew
and
was
puzzled
as
to
just
what
her
attitude
should
be
.
"
Oh
,
did
you
?
Where
?
Just
now
,
you
say
?
At
Eleventh
and
Baltimore
?
Well
,
is
n't
that
strange
?
I
must
speak
to
Asa
about
this
.
It
's
strange
that
she
would
n't
come
here
if
she
is
back
.
"
Her
eyes
,
as
he
saw
,
instead
of
looking
astonished
,
looked
puzzled
,
disturbed
.
Her
mouth
,
always
the
case
when
she
was
a
little
embarrassed
and
disconcerted
,
worked
oddly
--
not
only
the
lips
but
the
jaw
itself
.
"
Well
,
well
,
"
she
added
,
after
a
pause
.
"
That
is
strange
.
Perhaps
it
was
just
some
one
who
looked
like
her
.
"
But
Clyde
,
watching
her
out
of
the
corner
of
his
eye
,
could
not
believe
that
she
was
as
astonished
as
she
pretended
.
And
,
thereafter
,
Asa
coming
in
,
and
Clyde
not
having
as
yet
departed
for
the
hotel
,
he
heard
them
discussing
the
matter
in
some
strangely
inattentive
and
unillumined
way
,
as
if
it
was
not
quite
as
startling
as
it
had
seemed
to
him
.
And
for
some
time
he
was
not
called
in
to
explain
what
he
had
seen
.
