The Illegal Marriage — page 113: what you’re looking at

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THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE, 105 To his mind the matter was simple enough. The murderer had entered by the broken window, had accomplished his purpose, and escaped by the same way. Once only did a suspicion enter Stannard’s mind. Much of the old man’s incoherent talk was about Guerry, and, if his words meant anything, he must have seen Guerry during the night. But Stannard’s generous nature would not permit him to condemn the young man, in his own mind even, upon the wild words of a dying lunatic. He was thankful that Trippe had not heard this. “He has a strange prejudice against Guerry,” Stannard thought, “and I am very glad that he came so late. Unless Alf could prove where he was last night, it might give him some trouble.” For Cecy’s sake, Stannard wished to aid the young man, and determined to say nothing about Morgan’s dying words. As he made this resolution, Stannard thought what those words were, and realized that he had to shield Cecy Morgan from annoyance and public gossip, rather than Alfred Guerry. Perfectly satisfied about the matter himself, Stannard made up his mind to keep the secret, un- less the ends of justice positively required its revelation. Daylight came, and one by one the neighbors began to arrive at the castle, each bringing some wild rumor of the event How is it that news flies from house to house with no apparent means? How was it that the Greeks, fighting on the sea, heard of a land victory at the same time, hundreds of miles away? How was it that, during the late war, we heard of -battles far co Eomicbooks