Chapter 16

           WithmyheadfullofGeorgeBarnwell,IwasatfirstdisposedtobelievethatImusthavehadsomehandintheattackuponmysister,oratalleventsthatashernearrelation,popularlyknowntobeunderobligationstoher,Iwasamorelegitimateobjectofsuspicionthananyoneelse.Butwhen,intheclearerlightofnextmorning,Ibegantoreconsiderthematterandtohearitdiscussedaroundmeonallsides,Itookanotherviewofthecase,whichwasmorereasonable.

           JoehadbeenattheThreeJollyBargemen,smokinghispipe,fromaquarteraftereighto’clocktoaquarterbeforeten.Whilehewasthere,mysisterhadbeenseenstandingatthekitchendoor,andhadexchangedGoodNightwithafarm-laborergoinghome.Themancouldnotbemoreparticularastothetimeatwhichhesawher(hegotintodenseconfusionwhenhetriedtobe),thanthatitmusthavebeenbeforenine.WhenJoewenthomeatfiveminutesbeforeten,hefoundherstruckdownonthefloor,andpromptlycalledinassistance.Thefirehadnotthenburntunusuallylow,norwasthesnuffofthecandleverylong;thecandle,however,hadbeenblownout.

           Nothinghadbeentakenawayfromanypartofthehouse.Neither,beyondtheblowingoutofthecandlewhichstoodonatablebetweenthedoorandmysister,andwasbehindherwhenshestoodfacingthefireandwasstruckwasthereanydisarrangementofthekitchen,exceptingsuchassheherselfhadmade,infallingandbleeding.But,therewasoneremarkablepieceofevidenceonthespot.

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