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Chapter 45

           Releasingthereinfromitsknot,andthrowingitovertheneckoftheanimal,heclamberedintothesaddle,androdenoiselesslyaway.

           Inalltheseactionstherewasnoevidencethathewasintoxicated.Onthecontrary,theyproclaimedaclearbrain,bentuponsomepurposepreviouslydetermined.Whatcoulditbe?

           Urgedbyaffection,washegoingforthtotracethemysteryofthemurder,byfindingthebodyofthemurderedman?Didhewishtoshowhiszealbygoingalone?

           Somesuchdesignmighthavebeeninterpretedfromaseriesofspeechesthatfellcarelesslyfromhislips,asherodethroughthechapparal.

           "ThankGod,there’saclearmoon,andsixgoodhoursbeforethoseyoungsterswillthinkofgettingtotheirfeet!I’llhavetimetosearcheverycornerofthethicket,foracoupleofmilesaroundtheplace;andifthebodybethereIcannotfailtofindit.Butwhatcouldthatthinghavemeant?IfI’dbeentheonlyonetoseeit,Imighthavebelievedmyselfmad.Buttheyallsawiteveryoneofthem.Almightyheavens!whatcouldithavebeen?"

           Theclosingspeechendedinanexclamationofterrifiedsurpriseelicitedbyaspectaclethatatthemomentpresenteditselftotheeyesoftheex-officercausinghimtoreinuphishorse,asifsomedreaddangerwasbeforehim.

           Cominginbyasidepath,hehadarrivedontheedgeoftheopeningalreadydescribed.Hewasjustturningintoit,whenhesaw,thathewasnottheonlyhorseman,whoatthatlatehourwastraversingthechapparal.

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