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It was an a situation, but it called for calilance With every hour ht it out on

the afternoon I had heard the voice of the girl in gray

saying to me: "You are a man, and I have heard that

you have had so care of yourself,

Mr Glenarm"

It was both a warning and a challenge, and the

Bates waited Of hi Olivia Arain answers to baffling

questions about her was not to , if nothing

more, in those days at Glenarive you a note to Mr Stoddard in the o now"

"Yes, sir"

The note ritten and despatched The chaplain

was not at his lodgings, and Bates reported that he had

left the e The answer causon, a short, wiry,

raw-boned speciht hiuson had, I thought, an uneasy

eye, and his hair, of an ugly carrot color, annoyed me

Mr Paul Stoddard presented his cohted to dine with e

even hand, as frank and open as hiardener took himself

off

Thus it came about that Stoddard and I faced each