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Chapter 21

           

           Andthentheelderdaughter,Stella,testifyingthatduringthelatterpartofOctoberorthefirstofNovember,shortlyafterRobertahadtakentheroom,shehadpassedherandaman,whomshewasnowabletoidentifyasClyde,standinglessthanahundredfeetfromthehouse,andnoticingthattheywereevidentlyquarrelingshehadpausedtolisten.Shewasnotabletodistinguisheverywordoftheconversation,butuponleadingquestionsfromMasonwasabletorecallthatRobertahadprotestedthatshecouldnotlethimcomeintoherroom—"itwouldnotlookright."Andhehadfinallyturneduponhisheel,leavingRobertastandingwithoutstretchedarmsasifimploringhimtoreturn.

           AndthroughoutallthisClydestaringinamazement,forhehadinthosedaysinfactthroughouthisentirecontactwithRobertaimaginedhimselfunobserved.AnddecidedlythisconfirmedmuchofwhatMasonhadchargedinhisopeningaddressthathehadwillfullyandwithfullknowledgeofthenatureoftheoffense,persuadedRobertatodowhatplainlyshehadnotwantedtodoaformoftestimonythatwaslikelytoprejudicethejudgeaswellasthejuryandalltheseconventionalpeopleofthisruralcounty.AndBelknap,realizingthis,tryingtoconfusethisStellainheridentificationofClyde.

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