Thesextonwasin,justpreparingforasmokeincompanywiththelocalblacksmith,whenGeraldenteredwiththenewsoftheuncannydiscoveryinthechurchyard.ElevenyoungBolans,groupedaroundtheturffire,drankintheintelligenceandinstantlyscatteredtospreadthereportinelevendifferentdirections.AtaleconfidedtotheBolanhouseholdwasconfidedtorumor.
BlacksmithandsextonrosetogetherandaccompaniedGeraldtothespotwherehehadleftDr.Lynn,butDr.Lynnwasnolongeralone.
Therectorhadheardstepsintheroad;itwasaconstabularypatrolonitsround,andtheoldgentleman'shailhadbroughttwopolicementohisside.Theretheystood,profoundlypuzzledandcompletelyinthedark,exceptforthelightgivenbytheirbull's-eyelanterns.Buttheglareoftheselanternshadbeenseenfromtheroad.Somepeopleshunnedthem,aslightsinagraveyardshouldalwaysbeshunned;butothers,hearingvoices,hadsufferedtheircuriositytoovercometheirmisgivings,andweregatheredaround,silent,open-mouthed,wondering.SostoodthegroupwhenGeraldandhiscompanionsjoinedit.
InreplytogeneralquestionsBolanwasdumb.Inreplytoparticularinterrogationshedidnothesitatetoadmitthathewasclanebate.Gerald,seeingthatnoonehadventuredtotouchthegrimcasket,hintedthatitwouldbewelltoopenit.Therewasadubiousmurmurfromthecrowdandaglanceattheconstablesasthevisiblerepresentativesofthepowersthatbe.Theofficerstightenedtheirbeltsandseemedundecided,andDr.Lynntooktheleadwithaclear,distinctorder,Takeoffthelid,Andy,hesaid.
An'whynot?Isn'thisriverinceamagistrate?Goin,Andy,yersowlye,andoffwidit.Thusthecrowd.
Soencouraged,theblacksmithsteppedforward.Withoutmuchdifficultyhebursttheinsecurefasteningsandremovedthelid.
Theconstablesturnedtheirbull's-eyesontheinsideofthecoffin.Thecrowdpressedforward,Geraldinthefrontrank.
Therewasanoccupant.Ayounggirl,whitewiththepallorofdeath,layunderthelightofthelanterns.Thefacewasasplacidandcomposedasifshehadjustfallenasleep,anditwasahandsomefacewithregularfeaturesandstronglydefinedblackeyebrows.Theformwasfullydressed,andtheclothesseemedexpensiveandfashionable.Afewravenlocksstraggledoutfrombeneathalacescarfwhichwastiedaroundthehead.Thehands,crossedbelowthebreast,wereneatlygloved.Thereshelay,amystery,fornotoneofthosepresenthadeverseenherfacebefore.
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