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Chapter 35

           Andyetinspiteofthisslyandyetmuddytergiversationonhispart—sogreatisthecompellingandenlighteningpowerofnecessity—shecouldstillseethattherewassomepointtohisargument.Hemightbetryingtouseherasafoil,amask,behindwhichhe,andshetooforthatmatter,wasattemptingtohide.Butjustthesame,shamefulasitwas,herewerethestark,baldheadlandsoffact,andattheirbasethethrashing,destroyingwavesofnecessity.Sheheardhimsay:"Youwouldn’thavetogiveyourrightname,youknow,orwhereyoucamefrom.Idon’tintendtopickoutanydoctorrightaroundhere,see.Then,ifyou’dtellhimyoudidn’thavemuchmoney—justyourweeklysalary—"

           Shesatdownweaklytothink,thewhilethispersuasivetrickeryproceededfromhim—theimportofmostofhisargumentgoingstraighthome.Forasfalseandmorallymeretriciousasthiswholeplanwas,still,asshecouldseeforherself,herownaswellasClyde’ssituationwasdesperate.Andashonestandpunctiliousasshemightordinarilybeinthematteroftruth-tellingandhonest-dealing,plainlythiswasoneofthosewhirlingtempestsoffactandrealityinwhichtheordinarychartsandcompassesofmoralmeasurementwereforthetimebeingofsmalluse.

           Andso,insistingthenthattheygotosomedoctorfaraway,UticaorAlbany,maybe—butstilladmittingbythisthatshewouldgo—theconversationwasdropped

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