Chapter 8

           Themorrowdawnedafteranallbutsleeplessnight,harrowedbythemosttorturesomedreamsinregardtoRoberta,menwhoarrivedtoarresthim,andthehike,untilatlasthearose,hisnervesandeyesaching.Then,venturingtocomedownstairsaboutanhourlater,hesawFrederick,thechauffeurwhohaddrivenhimoutthedaybefore,gettingoneofthecarsout.AndthereuponinstructinghimtobringallthemorningAlbanyandUticapapers.Andaboutnine-thirty,whenhereturned,proceedingtohisroomwiththem,where,lockingthedoorandspreadingoneofthepapersbeforehim,hewasimmediatelyconfrontedbythestartlingheadlines:

           "MYSTERYINGIRL’SDEATHBODYFOUNDYESTERDAYINADIRONDACKLAKEMANCOMPANIONMISSING"

           Andatoncestrainedandwhitehesatdowninoneofthechairsnearthewindowandbegantoread:

           "Bridgeburg,N.Y.,July9.Thebodyofanunknowngirl,presumablythewifeofayoungmanwhoregisteredfirstonWednesdaymorningatGrassLakeInn,GrassLake,N.Y.,asCarlGrahamandwife,andlater,Thursdaynoon,atBigBitternLodge,BigBittern,asCliffordGoldenandwifewastakenfromthewatersofthesouthendofBigBitternjustbeforenoonyesterday.Becauseofanupturnedboat,aswellasaman’sstrawhatfoundfloatingonthewaterinMoonCove,dredgingwithhooksandlineshadbeengoingonallmorning....

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