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Chapter 46

           

           (Whywasthatoldmaninthatoldbrownwintersuitandhatandcarryingthatbirdcageinabrownpaperlookingathimso?Couldhesenseanything?Didheknowhim?HadheeverworkedinLycurgusorseenhimbefore?)

           HewasgoingtobuyasecondstrawhatinUticato-dayhemustrememberthatastrawhatwithaUticalabel,whichhewouldwearinsteadofhispresentone.Then,whenshewasnotlooking,hewouldputtheoldoneinhisbagwithhisotherthings.ThatwaswhyhewouldhavetoleaveherforalittlewhileaftertheyreachedUticaatthedepotorlibraryorsomewhereperhapsaswashisfirstplan,takehertosomesmallhotelsomewhereandregisterasMr.andMrs.CarlGrahamorCliffordGoldenorGehring(therewasagirlinthefactorybythatname)soiftheywereevertracedinanyway,itwouldbeassumedthatshehadgoneawaywithsomemanofthatname.

           (Thatwhistleofatrainafaroff.Itmustbecomingnow.Hiswatchsaidtwelve-twenty-seven.)

           AndagainhemustdecidewhathismannertowardherinUticamustbewhetherverycordialortheopposite.Foroverthetelephone,ofcourse,hehadtalkedverysoftandgenial-likebecausehehadto.Perhapsitwouldbebesttokeepthatup,otherwiseshemightbecomeangryorsuspiciousorstubbornandthatwouldmakeithard.

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