Chapter 15

           Mr.ReubenJephsonwasdecidedlydifferentfromBelknap,Catchuman,Mason,Smillieinfactanyone,thusfar,whohadseenClydeorbecomelegallyinterestedinthiscase.Hewasyoung,tall,thin,rugged,brown,coolbutnotcoldspiritually,andwithawillandadeterminationofthetensilestrengthofsteel.Andwithamentalandlegalequipmentwhichforshrewdnessandself-interestwasnotunlikethatofalynxoraferret.Thoseshrewd,steel,verylightblueeyesinhisbrownface.Theforceandcuriosityofthelongnose.Thestrengthofthehandsandthebody.Hehadlostnotime,assoonashediscoveredtherewasapossibilityoftheir(Belknap&Jephson)takingoverthedefenseofClyde,ingoingovertheminutesofthecoroner’sinquestaswellasthedoctors’reportsandthelettersofRobertaandSondra.AndnowbeingfacedbyBelknapwhowasexplainingthatClydedidnowactuallyadmittohavingplottedtokillRoberta,althoughnothavingactuallydoneso,sinceatthefatalmoment,somecatalepticstateofmindorremorsehadintervenedandcausedhimtounintentionallystrikeherhemerelystaredwithouttheshadowofasmileorcommentofanykind.

           "Buthewasn’tinsuchastatewhenhewentouttherewithher,though?"

           "No."

           "Norwhenheswamawayafterwards?"

           "No."

           "Norwhenhewentthroughthosewoods,orchangedtoanothersuitandhat,orhidthattripod?"

           "No.

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