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Chapter 7

           TwopeopleweredrownedthismorningoryesterdayupatBigBittern,soBlancheLockewastellingmejustnowoverthephone.She’supatThreeMileBaytodayandshesaysthey’vefoundthebodyofthegirlbutnotthemanyet.Theyweredrownedinthesouthpartofthelakesomewhere,shesaid."

           AtonceClydesatup,rigidandwhite,hislipsabloodlessline,hiseyesfixednotonanythingherebutratherthedistantsceneatBigBitternthetallpines,thedarkwaterclosingoverRoberta.Thentheyhadfoundherbody.Andnowwouldtheybelievethathisbodywasdownthere,too,ashehadplanned?But,listen!Hemusthearinspiteofhisdizziness.

           "Gee,that’stough!"observedBurchardTaylor,stoppinghisstrummingonamandolin."Anybodyweknow?"

           "Shesaysshedidn’thearyet."

           "Ineverdidlikethatlake,"putinFrankHarriet."It’stoolonely.DadandIandMr.Randallwereuptherefishinglastsummer,butwedidn’tstaylong.It’stoogloomy."

           "Wewereuptherethreeweeksagodon’tyouremember,Sondra?"addedHarleyBaggott."Youdidn’tcareforit."

           "Yes,Iremember,"repliedSondra."Adreadfullylonelyplace.Ican’timagineanyonewantingtogoupthereforanything."

           "Well,Ionlyhopeitisn’tanyoneweknowfromaroundhere,"addedBurchard,thoughtfully."Itwouldputacrimpinthefunaroundhereforawhile,anyhow.

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