Chapter 26

           TheremainderofthetrialconsistedofthetestimonyofelevenwitnessesfourforMasonandsevenforClyde.OneofthelatteraDr.A.K.Sword,ofRehobethchancingtobeatBigBitternonthedaythatRoberta’sbodywasreturnedtotheboat-house,nowdeclaredthathehadseenandexamineditthereandthatthewounds,astheyappearedthen,didnotseemtohimasotherthansuchasmighthavebeendeliveredbysuchablowasClydeadmittedtohavingstruckaccidentally,andthatunquestionablyMissAldenhadbeendrownedwhileconsciousandnotunconscious,asthestatewouldhavethejurybelievearesultwhichledMasonintoaninquiryconcerningthegentleman’smedicalhistory,which,alas,wasnotasimpressiveasitmighthavebeen.Hehadbeengraduatedfromasecond-ratemedicalschoolinOklahomaandhadpractisedinasmalltowneversince.InadditiontohimandentirelyapartfromthecrimewithwhichClydewaschargedtherewasSamuelYearsley,oneofthefarmersfromaroundGunLodge,who,drivingovertheroadwhichRoberta’sbodyhadtraveledinbeingremovedfromBigBitterntoGunLodge,nowearnestlysworethattheroad,ashehadnoticedindrivingoveritthatsamemorning,wasquiteroughmakingitpossibleforBelknap,whowasexamininghim,toindicatethatthiswasatleastanapproximatecauseoftheextra-severityofthewoundsuponRoberta’sheadandface.

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