Chapter 43

           Yetathoughtsuchasthatofthelake,connectedasitwaswiththepredicamentbywhichhewasbeingfaced,andshrinkfromitthoughhemight,wasnottobedismissedaseasilyashedesired.Bornasitwasofitsaccidentalrelationtothispersonalproblemthatwasshakingandtroublingandallbutdisarranginghisownnone-too-forcefulmind,thissmooth,seeminglyblameless,ifdreadful,blottingoutoftwolivesatPassLake,haditsweight.Thatgirl’sbody—assomepeculiarforceinhisownbrainnowstillcompelledhimtothink—beingfound,buttheman’snot.Inthatinterestingfact—andthisquiteinspiteofhimself—lurkedasuggestionthatinsisteduponobtrudingitselfonhismind—towit,thatitmightbepossiblethattheman’sbodywasnotinthatlakeatall.For,sinceevil-mindedpeopledidoccasionallydesiretogetridofotherpeople,mightitnotbepossiblethatthatmanhadgonetherewiththatgirlinordertogetridofher?Averysmoothanddevilishtrick,ofcourse,butonewhich,inthisinstanceatleast,seemedtohavesucceededadmirably.

           Butasforhimacceptingsuchanevilsuggestionandactinguponit...never!Yetherewashisownproblemgrowinghourlymoredesperate,sinceeveryday,oratleasteveryotherday,broughthimeitherlettersfromRobertaoranotefromSondra—theirrespectivemissivesmaintainingthesamerelativecontrastbetweeneaseandmisery,gayetyofmoodandthesombernessofdefeatanduncertainty.

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