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Chapter 15

           "

           "Isee."

           Atthesametime,asClydenowproceededtopointout,andthatquitehonestly,Robertacouldbefarfromsweet-temperedattimescouldinfactbequitedeterminedandevenstubborn.Andshehadpaidnoleastattentiontohispleathatherforcinghimtomarryhernowwouldruinhimsociallyaswellasineveryotherway,andthateveninthefaceofhiswillingnesstoworkalongandpayforhersupportanattitudewhich,ashenowdescribedit,waswhathadcausedallthetroublewhereasMissFinchley(andhereheintroducedanelementofreverenceandenthusiasmwhichJephsonwasquicktonote)waswillingtodoeverythingforhim.

           "SoyoureallylovedthatMissFinchleyverymuchthen,didyou?"

           "Yes,sir."

           "Andyoucouldn’tcareforRobertaanymoreafteryoumether?"

           "No,no.Ijustcouldn’t."

           "Isee,"observedJephson,solemnlynoddinghishead,andatthesametimemeditatingonhowfutileanddangerous,even,itmightbetoletthejuryknowthat.AndthenthinkingthatpossiblyitwerebesttofollowtheprevioussuggestionofBelknap’s,basedonthecustomarylegalproceedingofthetime,andclaiminsanity,orabrainstorm,broughtaboutbytheterrifyingpositioninwhichheimaginedhimselftobe.

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