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Chapter 21

           ButMissMarr,fadedandirritable,insistingthatuptothedayofhermeetingwithClydeonCrumLake,Robertahadbeenthesouloftruthandpurity,insofarassheknew.

           AndnexttheNewtonsswearingtomuchthesamething.

           AndthentheGilpins,wifeandhusbandanddaughters,eachswearingtowhatsheorhealonesaworheard.Mrs.GilpinastotheapproximatedayofRoberta’smovingintoherhomewithonesmalltrunkandbagtheidenticaltrunkandbagidentifiedbyTitus.Andthereafterseemingtoliveverymuchaloneuntilfinallyshe,feelingsorryforher,hadsuggestedonetypeofcontactandanother,butRobertainvariablyrefusing.Butlater,alonginlateNovember,althoughshehadneverhadthehearttosayanythingaboutittoherbecauseofhersweetnessandgeneralsobriety,sheandhertwodaughtershadbecomeawareofthefactthatoccasionally,aftereleveno’clock,ithadseemedasthoughRobertamustbeentertainingsomeoneinherroom,butjustwhomshecouldnotsay.Andagainatthispoint,oncross-examination,BelknaptryingtoextractanyadmissionsorimpressionswhichwouldtendtomakeitlookasthoughRobertawasalittlelessreservedandpuritanicalthanallthewitnesseshadthusfarpaintedher,butfailing.Mrs.Gilpin,aswellasherhusband,wasplainlyfondofherandonlyunderpressurefromMasonandlaterBelknaptestifiedtoClyde’slatevisits.

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