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Chapter 21

           

           Nevertheless,BelknapandJephsoncongratulatingthemselvesthatinthisfashiontheirmoodinregardtoMason’scandidacyandhisuseofthiscasetofurtherithadeffectivelygottenbeforethejuryandthecourt.

           Butmoreandmorewitnesses!

           GraceMarrnowtakingthestand,andinaglibandvolubleoutpouringdescribinghowandwhereshehadfirstmetRoberta—howpureandcleanandreligiousagirlshewas,buthowaftermeetingClydeonCrumLakeagreatchangehadcomeoverher.Shewasmoresecretiveandevasiveandgiventofurnishingallsortsoffalseexcusesfornewandstrangeadventures—as,forinstance,goingoutnightsandstayinglate,andclaimingtobeplacesoverSaturdayandSundaywhereshewasn’t—untilfinally,becauseofcriticismwhichshe,GraceMarr,hadventuredtomake,shehadsuddenlyleft,withoutgivinganyaddress.Buttherewasaman,andthatmanwasClydeGriffiths.ForhavingfollowedRobertatoherroomoneeveninginSeptemberorOctoberoftheyearbefore,shehadobservedherandClydeinthedistance,neartheGilpinhome.Theywerestandingundersometreesandhehadhisarmaroundher.

           AndthereafterBelknap,atJephson’ssuggestion,takingherandbytheslyesttypeofquestioning,tryingtodiscoverwhether,beforecomingtoLycurgus,RobertawasasreligiousandconventionalasMissMarrwouldhaveit.

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