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XLVIII. Doubts Arise—Doubts Linger

           Liddymetheronthelanding.ThenewshadprecededBathshebatoWeatherburybyhalf-an-hour,andLiddylookedinquiringlyintohermistress’sface.Bathshebahadnothingtosay.

           Sheenteredherbedroomandsatbythewindow,andthoughtandthoughttillnightenvelopedher,andtheextremelinesonlyofhershapewerevisible.Somebodycametothedoor,knocked,andopenedit.

           "Well,whatisit,Liddy?"shesaid.

           "Iwasthinkingtheremustbesomethinggotforyoutowear,"saidLiddy,withhesitation.

           "Whatdoyoumean?"

           "Mourning."

           "No,no,no,"saidBathsheba,hurriedly.

           "ButIsupposetheremustbesomethingdoneforpoor"

           "Notatpresent,Ithink.Itisnotnecessary."

           "Whynot,ma’am?"

           "Becausehe’sstillalive."

           "Howdoyouknowthat?"saidLiddy,amazed.

           "Idon’tknowit.Butwouldn’tithavebeendifferent,orshouldn’tIhaveheardmore,orwouldn’ttheyhavefoundhim,Liddy?orIdon’tknowhowitis,butdeathwouldhavebeendifferentfromhowthisis.Iamperfectlyconvincedthatheisstillalive!"

           BathshebaremainedfirminthisopiniontillMonday,whentwocircumstancesconjoinedtoshakeit.Thefirstwasashortparagraphinthelocalnewspaper,which,beyondmakingbyamethodizingpenformidablepresumptiveevidenceofTroy’sdeathbydrowning,containedtheimportanttestimonyofayoungMr.Barker,M.D.,ofBudmouth,whospoketobeinganeyewitnessoftheaccident,inalettertotheeditor.Inthishestatedthathewaspassingoverthecliffontheremotersideofthecovejustasthesunwassetting.

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