Chapter 3

           CoronerHeit,hisofficialdutiescompletedforthetimebeing,foundhimselfpondering,ashetraveledsouthonthelaketrain,howhewastoproceedfarther.Whatwasthenextstepheshouldtakeinthispatheticaffair?Forthecoroner,ashehadlookedatRobertabeforeheleftwasreallydeeplymoved.Sheseemedsoyoungandinnocent-lookingandpretty.Thelittlebluesergedresslyingheavilyandclingingtightlytoher,herverysmallhandsfoldedacrossherbreast,herwarm,brownhairstilldampfromitstwenty-fourhoursinthewater,yetsomehowsuggestingsomeofthevivacityandpassionthathadinvestedherinlifeallseemedtoindicateasweetnesswhichhadnothingtodowithcrime.

           Butdeplorableasitmightbe,andundoubtedlywas,therewasanotheraspectofthecasethatmorevitallyconcernedhimself.ShouldhegotoBiltzandconveytotheMrs.Aldenoftheletterthedreadfulintelligenceofherdaughter’sdeath,atthesametimeinquiringaboutthecharacterandwhereaboutsofthemanwhohadbeenwithher,orshouldheproceedfirsttoDistrictAttorneyMason’sofficeinBridgeburgandhavingimpartedtohimallofthedetailsofthecase,allowthatgentlemantoassumethepainfulresponsibilityofdevastatingaprobablyutterlyrespectablehome?Fortherewasthepoliticalsituationtobeconsidered.Andwhilehehimselfmightactandsotakepersonalcredit,stilltherewasthisgeneralpartysituationtobethoughtof.

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