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"Thankyou，"saidValentin."ein，Ivan."
ThetialIvahedoorandusheredinandantNeilO'Brien，whomhehadfoundatlastpagthegardenagain.
TheIrishofficerstoodupdisorderedaohreshold."Whatdoyouwa;hecried.
"Pleasesitdown，"saidValenti，levelto;Why，youaren&#yoursword.Whereisit?"
"Ileftitonthelibrarytable."saidO'Brien，hisbroguedeepeninginhisdisturbedmood."Itwasawasgetting-"
"Ivan，"saidValentin，"pleasegoaheandant'sswordfromthelibrary."Theva;Lallowaysayshesawyouleavingthegardenjustbeforehefoundthecorpse.Whatwereyoudoinginthegarden?"
Theandantflunghimselfrecklesslyintoachair."Oh，"hepureIrish，&quthemoon.uningwith;
Aheavysilendetheendofitthattrivialandterribleknog.Ivanreappeared，gaeelscabbard."ThisisallId."hesaid.
"Putitoable."saidValentin，withoutlookingup.
Therewasaninhumaheroom，likethatseaofinhumahedockoftheurderer.TheDuchess'sweakexshadlongagodiedaway.Lalloway'sswolleisfiedandevehevoicethatcamewasquiteued.
"IthinkItellyou."criedLadyMargaret，inthatclear，quiverihwhichaanspeakspublicly."ItellyouwhatMrO'Brienwasdoinginthegarden，sinceheisboundtosilence.HewasaskiomarryhiIrefused;IsaidinmyfamilycesIcouldgivehimnothingbutmyrespect.Hewasalittleangryatthat，hedidhinkmuyrespeder，"sheadded，withratherawa;ifhewillcareatallforitnow.ForIofferithimnoearahehihis."
Lallowayhadedgeduptohisdaughter，andwasintimidatiheimagiobeao;Hue，Maggie."hesaidinathunderouswhisper."Whyshouldyoushieldthefellow?Where'shissword?Where'shisdedcavalry-"
&oppedbecauseofthesingularstarewithwhichhisdaughterwasregardinghim，alookthatwasindeedaluridmaghewholegroup.
"Youoldfool!"shesaidinalowvoicewithoutprete;whatdoyousupptoprove?Itellyouthismanwasiwhilewithme.Butifhewasn'ti，hewasstillwithme.Ifhemurderedamaninthegarden，homusthaveseen-whomustatleasthaveknown?DoyouhateNeilsomuchasthter-"
LadyGallowayscreamed.Everyoingliouchofthosesatahavebeeweenloversbeforeheproud，whitefaceoftheScotcharistodherlover，theIrishadventurer，likeoldportraitsinadarkhouse.Thelongsilencewasfullofformlesshistoriurderedhusbandsandpoisonousparamours.
Ihismorbidsilenotvoicesaid:"Wasitaverylongcigar?"
Thegeofthoughtthattheyhadtolookroundtoseeoken.
"Imean，"saidlittleFatherBrown，fromtheeroftheroom，"ImeanthatcigarMrBrayneisfinishing.Itseemsnearlyaslongasawalking-stick."
&heirrelevaherewasassentaswellasirritatioin'sfaceasheliftedhishead.
&quht，"heremarkedsharply，"Ivan，goaMrBrayneagain，andbrio;
&thefahadclosedthedoor，Valehegirlwithairelyness.
"LadyMargaret，"hesaid，"weallfeel，Iamsure，bothgratitudeandadmirationforyourarisingaboveynityandexplainingtheandant'sduct.Butthereisahiatusstill.Lalloway，Iuayoupassingfromthestudyt-room，anditwasoesafterwardsthathefoundthegardenandtheandantstillwalki;
"Youhavetoremember，"repliedMargaret，withafaintironyinhervoice，"thatIhadjustrefusedhim，soweshouldscarcelyhaveebaarHeisagentleman，anyhow，aeredbehind-andsedwithmurder."
"Is，"saidVale;hemightreally-"
Theknock，andIvanputinhisscarredface.
"Begpardon，sir，"hesaid，"butMrBrayhehouse."
"Left!"criedValentin，ahefirsttimetohisfeet.
"Goed.Evaporated，"repliedIvaninhumorousFrench."Hishatandcooo，andI'lltellyousomethingtocapitall.Irahehousetofindanytra，andIfoundone，andabigtrace，too."
"Whatdoyoumean?"askedValentin.
"I'llshowyou，"saidhisservant，ahaflashingnakedcavalrysabre，streakedwithbloodaboutthepointandedge.Everyoheroomeyeditasifitwereathutheexperienwentoly:
"Ifoundthis，"hesaid，"flungamongthebushesfiftyyardsuptheroadtoParis.Inotherwords，IfounditjustwhereyourrespectableMrBraywhenheranaway."
Therewasagaiofa.Valentintookthesabre，examiedwithurationofthought，aurfulfacetoO'Brien."andant，"hesaid，"wetrustyouroducethisonifitiswantedforpoliation.Mea;headded，slappieelbatheringingscabbard，"letmereturnyouyoursword."
Atthemilitarysymbolismoftheatheaudiencecouldhardlyrefrainfromapplause.
ForNeilO'Briegesturewastheturning-poiehetimehewaswahemysteriaininthethetragicfutilityofhisordinarymienhadfallenfromhim;hewasamanwithmanyreasonsforhappiness.Lallowaywasagentleman，andhadofferedhimanapology.LadyMargaretwassomethihanalady，awoma，andhadperhapsgiveterthananapology，astheydriftedamongtheoldflowerbedsbeforebreakfast.Thewholepanywasmhtheartedahoughtheriddleofthedeathremaiheloadofsuspiwasliftedoffthemall，aflyingofftoPariswiththestrangemillioheyhardlykhedevilwascastoutofthehouse-hehadcasthimselfout.
Still，theriddleremained;andwhenO'BrienthrewhimselfobesideDrSimon，thatkeeifiato.HedidalkoutofO'Brieswereohings.
"I'tsayitismemuch，"saidtheIrishmanfrankly，"especiallyasitseemsprettyplainnoarentlyBrayrangerforsomereasoothegarden，ahmysword.Thehecity，tossingtheswordawayashewent.Bytheway，IvahedeadmanhadaYankeedollarinhispocket.SohewasaanofBrayne's，aochit.Idon'tseeanydifficultiesaboutthebusi;
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