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Chapter 6

           Anditwasthenthathehadbeguntounderstandthattheywerejustcountrymenorguidesnotaposseinpursuitofhimandthatifhewerecalmandciviltheywouldhavenoleastsuspicionthathewasthemurdererthathewas.

           Butafterwardhehadsaidtohimself—"Buttheywillrememberme,walkingalongthislonelyroadatthishourwiththisbag,won’tthey?"Andsoatoncehehaddecidedthathemusthurryhurryandnotbeseenbyanyothersanywherethere.

           Then,hourslaterandjustasthemoonwasloweringtowardthewest,asicklyyellowpalloroverspreadingthewoodsandmakingthenightevenmorewretchedandwearisome,hehadcometoThreeMileBayitselfasmallcollectionofnativeandsummercottagesnestlingatthenorthernmostendofwhatwasknownastheIndianChain.Andinit,ashecouldseefromabendintheroad,afewpalelightsstilltwinkling.Stores.Houses.Streetlamps.Butalldiminthepalelightsodimandeerietohim.Onethingwasplainatthishouranddressedashewasandwithhisbaginhand,hecouldnotenterthere.Thatwouldbetofixcuriosityaswellassuspiciononhim,assuredly,ifanyonewasstillabout.AndasthelaunchthatranbetweenthisplaceandSharon,fromwhencehewouldproceedtoPinePoint,didnotleaveuntileight-thirty,hemusthideawayinthemeantimeandmakehimselfaspresentableaspossible.

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