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Chapter 25

           Arethesetwohairsoraretheynotthesameastheseotherhairsherewhichweknowarehersthesamecolorsamefeelall?Look!Answer!Aretheyoraretheynot?"

           ButClyde,undersuchpressureandinspiteofBelknap,beingcompelledtolookandthenfeelthemtoo.Yetcautiouslyreplying,"Iwouldn’tbeabletosay.Theylookandfeelalittlealike,butIcan’ttell."

           "Oh,can’tyou?Andevenwhenyouknowthatwhenyoustruckherthatbrutalviciousblowwiththatcamerathesetwohairscaughtthereandheld."

           "ButIdidn’tstrikeheranyviciousblow,"insistedClyde,nowobservingJephson—"andIcan’tsay."Hewassayingtohimselfthathewouldnotallowhimselftobebulliedinthiswaybythismanyet,atthesametime,feelingveryweakandsick.AndMason,triumphantbecauseofthepsychologiceffect,ifnothingmore,returningthecameraandlocktothetableandremarking,"Well,it’sbeenamplytestifiedtothatthosetwohairswereinthatcamerawhenfoundinthewater.Andyouyourselfswearthatitwaslastinyourhandsbeforeitreachedthewater."

           HeturnedtothinkofsomethingelsesomenewpointwithwhichtorackClydeandnowbeganoncemore:

           "Griffiths,inregardtothattripsouththroughthewoods,whattimewasitwhenyougottoThreeMileBay?"

           "Aboutfourinthemorning,Ithinkjustbeforedawn.

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