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Chapter 10

           IfonlyhehadgoneoninthatwoodatBearLake,takinghissuitcaseandSondra’sletterswithhim.Perhaps,perhaps,whoknows,inBoston,orNewYork,orsomewherehemighthavehiddenaway.

           Unstrungandagonized,hewasunabletosleepatall,butwalkedbackandforth,orsatonthesideofthehardandstrangecot,thinking,thinking.Andatdawn,abony,aged,rheumyjailer,inabaggy,worn,blueuniform,bearingablack,irontray,onwhichwasatinfulofcoffee,somebreadandapieceofhamwithoneegg.AndlookingcuriouslyandyetsomehowindifferentlyatClyde,whileheforceditthroughanapertureonlywideandhighenoughforitsadmission,thoughClydewantednothingatall.

           AndthenlaterKrautandSisselandSwenk,andeventuallythesheriffhimself,eachcomingseparately,tolookinandsay:"Well,Griffiths,howareyouthismorning?"or,"Hello,anythingwecandoforyou?",whiletheireyesshowedtheastonishment,disgust,suspicionorhorrorwithwhichhisassumedcrimehadfilledthem.Yet,eveninthefaceofthat,havingonetypeofinterestandevensycophanticprideinhispresencehere.ForwashenotaGriffithsamemberofthewell-knownsocialgroupofthebigcentralcitiestothesouthofhere

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