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Chapter 13

           Only,insofarasClydewasconcerned,itwascomplicatedwithamysterywhichwastantalizingandsomethingmore—irritating;forwhenitcametoanythingwhichrelatedtosexintheGriffithsfamily,noparentscouldpossiblyhavebeenmoresqueamish.

           AndespeciallydidthisapplytothemysterywhichhadnowsurroundedEstaforsometime.Shehadgone.Shehadnotreturned.AndsofarasClydeandtheothersknew,nowordofanykindhadbeenreceivedfromher.However,Clydehadnotedthatafterthefirstfewweeksofherabsence,duringwhichtimebothhismotherandfatherhadbeenmostintenselywroughtupandtroubled,worryinggreatlyastoherwhereaboutsandwhyshedidnotwrite,suddenlytheyhadceasedtheirworries,andhadbecomeverymuchmoreresigned—atleastnotsotorturedbyasituationthatpreviouslyhadseemedtooffernohopewhatsoever.Hecouldnotexplainit.Itwasquitenoticeable,andyetnothingwassaid.Andthenonedayalittlelater,Clydehadoccasiontonotethathismotherwasincommunicationwithsomeonebymail—somethingrareforher.Forsofewwerehersocialorbusinessconnectionsthatsherarelyreceivedorwrotealetter.

           Oneday,however,veryshortlyafterhehadconnectedhimselfwiththeGreen–Davidson,hehadcomeinratherearlierthanusualintheafternoonandfoundhismotherbendingoveraletterwhichevidentlyhadjustarrivedandwhichappearedtointeresthergreatly.Alsoitseemedtobeconnectedwithsomethingwhichrequiredconcealment.

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