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Chapter 21

           OrrinShorttotestifythatinlateJanuaryClydehadaskedhimifheknewofadoctorwhocouldaidayoungmarriedwomanaccordingtoClyde’sstory,thewifeofanemployeeofGriffiths&Companywhowastoopoortoaffordachild,andwhosehusband,accordingtoClyde,hadaskedhimforthisinformation.AndnextDr.Glenn,testifyingtoRoberta’svisit,havingpreviouslyrecalledherfrompicturespublishedinthepapers,butaddingthatprofessionallyhehadbeenunwillingtodoanythingforher.

           AndthenC.B.Wilcox,afarmerneighboroftheAldens,testifyingtohavingbeeninthewashroombackofthekitchenonoraboutJunetwenty-ninthorthirtieth,onwhichoccasionRobertahavingbeencalledoverthelongdistancetelephonefromLycurgusbyamanwhogavehisnameasBaker,hehadheardhersaytohim:"But,Clyde,Ican’twaitthatlong.YouknowIcan’t.AndIwon’t."Andhervoicehadsoundedexcitedanddistressed.Mr.WilcoxwaspositiveastothenameClyde.

           AndEthelWilcox,adaughterofthissameC.B.shortandfatandwithalispwhosworethatonthreeprecedingoccasions,havingreceivedlongdistancerequestsforRoberta,shehadproceededtogether.AndeachtimethecallwasfromLycurgusfromamannamedBaker.Also,ononeoccasion,shehadheardherrefertothecallerasClyde.Andonceshehadheardhersaythat"undernocircumstanceswouldshewaitthatlong,"althoughwhatshemeantbythatshedidnotknow.

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