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Chapter 38

           WhywasCalhounconcealingwhathadreallyoccurred?Whydidherefrainfromgivinganarrationofthatgardenscenetowhichhehadbeenwitness?

           Wasit,thathefearedhumiliationbydisclosingtheparthehadhimselfplayed?

           Whateverwasthereason,thetruthwasshunned;andananswergiven,thesincerityofwhichwassuspectedbymorethanonewholistenedtoit.

           Theevasivenessmighthavebeenmoreapparent,hadtherebeenanyreasonforsuspicion,orhadthebystandersbeenallowedlongertimetoreflectuponit.

           Whiletheinquirywasgoingon,lightcameinfromaquartethithertounthoughtof.ThelandlordoftheRoughandReady,whohadcomeuncalledtothecouncil,afterforcinghiswaythroughthecrowd,proclaimedhimselfwillingtocommunicatesomefactsworththeirhearinginshort,theveryfactstheywereendeavouringtofindout:whenHenryPoindexterhadbeenlastseen,andwhatthedirectionhehadtaken.

           Oberdoffer’stestimony,deliveredinasemi-Teutonictongue,wastotheeffect:thatMauricethemustangerwhohadbeenstayingathishoteleversincehisfightwithCaptainCalhounhadthatnightriddenoutatalatehour,ashehaddoneforseveralnightsbefore.

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