Chapter 28

           Bridgeburgandaslowtrainthatsetdownatired,distraitwomanatitsdepotaftermidnightontheeighthofDecember.Bittercoldandbrightstars.AlonedepotassistantwhooninquirydirectedhertotheBridgeburgCentralHousestraightupthestreetwhichnowfacedher,thentwoblockstoherleftaftershereachedthesecondstreet.ThesleepynightclerkoftheCentralHouseprovidingherinstantlywitharoomand,onceheknewwhoshewas,directinghertothecountyjail.Butshedecidingafterdueruminationthatnowwasnotthehour.Hemightbesleeping.Shewouldgotobedandriseearlyinthemorning.Shehadsenthimvarioustelegrams.Heknewthatshewascoming.

           Butasearlyasseveninthemorning,rising,andbyeightappearingatthejail,letters,telegramsandcredentialsinhand.Andthejailofficials,afterexaminingthelettersshecarriedandbeingconvincedofheridentity,notifyingClydeofherpresence.Andhe,depressedandforlorn,onhearingthisnews,welcomingthethoughtofherasmuchasatfirsthehaddreadedhercoming.Fornowthingsweredifferent.Allthelonggrimstoryhadbeentold.AndbecauseoftheplausibleexplanationwhichJephsonhadprovidedhim,hecouldfaceherperhapsandsaywithoutaquaverthatitwastruethathehadnotplottedtokillRobertathathehadnotwillinglylefthertodieinthewater.Andthenhurryingdowntothevisitor’sroom,where,bythecourtesyofSlack,hewaspermittedtotalkwithhismotheralone.

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