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Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger

           NocrimeofanymagnitudedatingfromthemiddleorendofFebruarywasknowntohaveoccurred. ElaboratedintheimaginationofMr.Gould,theprobationaryassistantintheNationalSchool,thistheorytooktheformthatthestrangerwasanAnarchistindisguise,preparingexplosives,andheresolvedtoundertakesuchdetectiveoperationsashistimepermitted. Theseconsistedforthemostpartinlookingveryhardatthestrangerwhenevertheymet,orinaskingpeoplewhohadneverseenthestranger,leadingquestionsabouthim. Buthedetectednothing. 

           AnotherschoolofopinionfollowedMr.Fearenside,andeitheracceptedthepiebaldvieworsomemodificationofit; as,forinstance,SilasDurgan,whowasheardtoassertthat"ifhechoosestoshowenselfatfairshe'dmakehisfortuneinnotime,"andbeingabitofatheologian,comparedthestrangertothemanwiththeonetalent. Yetanotherviewexplainedtheentirematterbyregardingthestrangerasaharmlesslunatic. Thathadtheadvantageofaccountingforeverythingstraightaway. 

           Betweenthesemaingroupstherewerewaverersandcompromisers. Sussexfolkhavefewsuperstitions,anditwasonlyaftertheeventsofearlyAprilthatthethoughtofthesupernaturalwasfirstwhisperedinthevillage.Eventhenitwasonlycreditedamongthewomenfolk. 

           Butwhatevertheythoughtofhim,peopleinIping,onthewhole,agreedindislikinghim. Hisirritability,thoughitmighthavebeencomprehensibletoanurbanbrain-worker,wasanamazingthingtothesequietSussexvillagers. Thefranticgesticulationstheysurprisednowandthen,theheadlongpaceafternightfallthatswepthimuponthemroundquietcorners,theinhumanbludgeoningofalltentativeadvancesofcuriosity,thetastefortwilightthatledtotheclosingofdoors,thepullingdownofblinds,theextinctionofcandlesandlamps—whocouldagreewithsuchgoingson? 

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