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Chapter 24

           

           Andthenitwasthatpiecemeal,andbeginningwiththeseriesofletterswrittenbyRobertatoClydeaftershereachedherhomeandendingwiththeonedemandingthathecomeforherorshewouldreturntoLycurgusandexposehim,Jephsontookupthevariousphasesofthe"alleged"plotandcrime,andnowdidhisbesttominimizeandfinallydispelallthathadbeentestifiedtosofar.

           Clyde’ssuspiciousactionsinnotwritingRoberta.Well,hewasafraidofcomplicationsinconnectionwithhisrelatives,hiswork,everything.AndthesamewithhisarrangingtomeetherinFonda.Hehadnoplanastoanytripwithheranywhereinparticularatthetime.Heonlythoughtvaguelyofmeetinghersomewhereanywhereandpossiblypersuadinghertoleavehim.ButJulyarrivingandhisplanstillsoindefinite,thefirstthingthatoccurredtohimwasthattheymightgoofftosomeinexpensiveresortsomewhere.ItwasRobertawhoinUticahadsuggestedsomeofthelakesnorthofthere.Itwasthereinthehotel,notattherailwaystation,thathehadsecuredsomemapsandfoldersafatalcontentioninonesense,forMasonhadonefolderwithaLycurgusHousestamponthecover,whichClydehadnotnoticedatthetime.Andashewassotestifying,Masonwasthinkingofthis.InregardtoleavingLycurgusbyabackstreetwell,therehadbeenadesiretoconcealhisdeparturewithRoberta,ofcourse,butonlytoprotecthernameandhisfromnotoriety.Andsowiththeridinginseparatecars,registeringasMr.andMrs.

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