The Face of Rosenfeld — page 51: what you’re looking at

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AA THE FACE OF ROSENFEL. ‘*You must not let your wishes dictate your conclusions so largely, Miss Maxey. You will make a very probable Ggisappointment much more keen by so doing. Now, I don’t always say what I think, you know; but you are my friends, and I cannot feel like a professional man in this house; and I must tell you that this case is develop- ing some of the most remarkable mental phenomena I ever met with. Whether they are symptoms of a curi- ous brain aisease, or simply reminiscences of the normal mental condition of the patient, I am unable at present to decide. Doctor Bently is as much in the dark as myself, and when Doctor Bently hesitates in a case of this kind, it is of little use to inquire further. We have been making some interesting experiments in your ab- sence. And that reminds me that Miss Maxey said you went: out for a specific purpose. Have they learned any- thing? What about the letter they found on the beach yesterday?” “¢ Learned!” echoed Maxey, impatiently, as his sister helped him off with his coat, after which it appeared that both his hair and his necktie were in a terrible state. ‘‘Learned! What could you expect of such an exasperating affair as this? Is there anything about it like anything else you ever heard of? Does anybody concerned in it do anything that a rational being would expect him to do? Not a bit of it. Mark my word, now, if the thing ever does come out it will be just what nobody thought it was. But may I be shot, if I believe we are ever going to know any more about it than we do at present. Our only hope is that the girl will get well enough to tell us; and she won’t, 1 know very well she won t.” yy te | ‘“ But the letter, Julian,” urged his sister. ‘‘Surely, — the letter-——” : :