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Chapter 22

           

           ThenFloydThurston,oneoftheguestsattheCranstonlodgeatSharononJuneeighteenththeoccasionofClyde’sfirstvisitthereplacedonthestandtotestifythatonthatoccasionClydehadmadeanumberofpictureswithacameraaboutthesizeanddescriptionoftheoneshownhim,butfailingtoidentifyitastheparticularone,histestimonybeingstrickenout.

           Afterhimagain,EdnaPatterson,achambermaidintheGrassLakeInn,who,assheswore,onenteringtheroomwhichClydeandRobertaoccupiedonthenightofJulyseventh,hadseenClydewithacamerainhishand,whichwasofthesizeandcolor,asfarasshecouldrecall,oftheonethenandtherebeforeher.Shehadalsoatthesametimeseenatripod.AndClyde,inhiscuriousandmeditativeandhalf-hypnotizedstate,recallingwellenoughtheentranceofthisgirlintothatroomandmarvelingandsufferingbecauseoftheunbreakablechainoffactsthatcouldthusbebuiltupbywitnessesfromsuchvaryingandunconnectedandunexpectedplaces,andsolongafter,too.

           Afterher,butondifferentdays,andwithBelknapandJephsoncontendingeveryinchofthewayastotheadmissibilityofallthis,thetestimonyofthefivedoctorswhomMasonhadcalledinatthetimeRoberta’sbodywasfirstbroughttoBridgeburg,andwhointurnsworethatthewounds,bothonthefaceandhead,weresufficient,consideringRoberta’sphysicalcondition,tostunher.

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