Chapter 13

           AndthenonthefollowingmorningSamuelGriffiths,withhisownsonGilbertstandingby,inthelargedrawingroomoftheirWykeagyAvenuemansion,listeningtoSmillie’sreportofhisconferencewithClydeandMason.AndSmilliereportingallhehadheardandseen.AndwithGilbertGriffiths,unbelievablyshakenandinfuriatedbyallthis,exclaimingatonepoint:

           "Why,thelittledevil!Thelittlebeast!ButwhatdidItellyou,Dad?Didn’tIwarnyouagainstbringinghimon?"

           AndSamuelGriffithsaftermeditatingonthisreferencetohisearliersympatheticfollynowgivingGilbertamostsuggestiveandintenselytroubledlook,whichsaid:Areweheretodiscussthefollyofmyoriginal,iffoolish,goodintentions,orthepresentcrisis?AndGilbertthinking:Themurderer!Andthatwretchedlittleshow-off,SondraFinchley,tryingtomakesomethingofhiminordertospiteme,Gilbert,principally,andsogettingherselfsmirched.Thelittlefool!Butitservedherright.Shewouldgethershareofthisnow.Onlyitwouldcausehimandhisfatherandalloftheminfinitetroublealso.Forwasthisnotanineradicablestainwhichwaslikelytodefileallhimself,hisfiancee,Bella,Myra,hisparentsandperhapscostthemtheirpositionhereinLycurgussociety?Thetragedy!Maybeanexecution!Andinthisfamily!

           YetSamuelGriffiths,onhispart,goingbackinhismindtoallthathadoccurredsinceClydehadarrivedinLycurgus.

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