Chapter 23

           Byeighto’clockthenextmorningthegreatcitypaperswereonthestandswiththesprawlingheadlines,whichinformedeveryoneinnouncertainterms:

           "PROSECUTIONINGRIFFITHS’CASECLOSESWITHIMPRESSIVEDELUGEOFTESTIMONY."

           "MOTIVEASWELLASMETHODHAMMEREDHOME."

           "DESTRUCTIVEMARKSONFACEANDHEADSHOWNTOCORRESPONDWITHONESIDEOFCAMERA."

           "MOTHEROFDEADGIRLFAINTSATCLOSEOFDRAMATICREADINGOFHERLETTERS."

           AndthearchitectonicwayinwhichMasonhadbuilthiscase,togetherwithhisstrikinganddramaticpresentationofit,wassufficienttostirinBelknapandJephson,aswellasClyde,themomentaryconvictionthattheyhadbeencompletelyroutedthatbynoconceivabledevicecouldtheypossiblyconvincethisjurynowthatClydewasnotaquadruple-dyedvillain.

           AndallcongratulatingMasononthemasterlywayhehadpresentedhiscase.AndClyde,greatlyreducedandsaddenedbytherealizationthathismotherwouldbereadingallthathadtranspiredthedaybefore.HemustaskJephsontopleasewirehersothatshewouldnotbelieveit.AndFrankandJuliaandEsta.AndnodoubtSondrareadingallthis,too,to-day,yetthroughallthesedays,alltheseblacknights,notoneword!AreferencenowandtheninthepaperstoaMissXbutatnotimeasinglecorrectpictureofher.Thatwaswhatafamilywithmoneycoulddoforyou.

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