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Chapter 11

           

           Butwithwhat?IfhecouldbutmakeClydesaythat!

           Andthenaninspiration!HewouldtakeClydeand,althoughthelawspecificallyguaranteedaccusedpersonsagainstcompulsions,compelhimtoretracethescenesofhiscrime.Andalthoughhemightnotbeabletomakehimcommithimselfinanyway,still,onceonthegroundandfacingtheexactsceneofhiscrime,hisactionsmightrevealsomethingofthewhereaboutsofthesuit,perhaps,orpossiblysomeinstrumentwithwhichhehadstruckher.

           Andinconsequence,onthethirddayfollowingClyde’sincarceration,asecondvisittoBigBittern,withKraut,Heit,Mason,Burton,Burleigh,EarlNewcombandSheriffSlackashiscompanions,andaslowre-canvassingofallthegroundhehadfirsttraveledonthatdreadfulday.AndwithKraut,followinginstructionsfromMason,"playingup"tohim,inordertoingratiatehimselfintohisgoodgraces,andpossiblycausehimtomakeacleanbreastofit.ForKrautwastoarguethattheevidence,sofarwassoconvincingthatyou"neverwouldgetajurytobelievethatyoudidn’tdoit,"butthat,"ifyouwouldtalkrightouttoMason,hecoulddomoreforyouwiththejudgeandthegovernorthananyonecouldgetyouoff,maybe,withlifeortwentyyears,whilethiswayyou’relikelytogetthechair,sure."

           YetClyde,becauseofthatsamefearthathadguidedhimatBearLake,maintainingaprofoundsilence.

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