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Chapter 6
Didyounoticehowfearfullydisturbedshewas,andhowredshegotwhenshecameinandfoundustalking?Anordinarythinglikethat,inherownhousewithherownguests,wouldn’tundernormalcircumstancesdisturbher!"
Iwasabouttotellhim,asanexplanationinherdefence,howherentrancewasarepetitionofherfindingtheDetectiveandmyselfalonetogetherearlierintheday,whenIrememberedthatthatconversationwassoprivatethatevenanallusiontoitmightbeawkwardinevokingcuriosity.SoIremainedsilent.
Westooduptogotothesick-room;butaswetookourwaythroughthedimly-lightedcorridorIcouldnothelpthinking,againandagain,andagain—ay,andformanyadayafter—howstrangeitwasthatshehadinterruptedmeontwosuchoccasionswhentouchingonsuchatheme.
Therewascertainlysomestrangewebofaccidents,inwhosemesheswewereallinvolved.
