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“Diditseemtohaveupsether?”
askedMissMarple.
&orhesitated.
“Well，Idon’tknowthatitaffectedherappearaall，”
hesaidcautiously.
&，forinstance，growfatter?”
askedMissMarple.
“Doyouknow—it’sacuriousthingythat.hinkback，Ibelieveyht.She—yes，shedidseem，ifanythii.”
“Howhorrible，”
saidJahashudder.“It’slike—it’slikefatteningonyourvictim’sblood.”
“A，inanotherway，ImaybedoingheranionDrLloyd.“Shelysaidsomethi，whitediirelydiffereheremaybe，Ithinkthereare，ceswhichworkveryslowly—whietoawakeyofthedeeditted.”
“Itwastheeveningbeforeherdeparturefromthearies.Shehadaskedmetogoandseeher，andhadthankedmeverywarmlyforallIhaddoohelpher.I，ofadelightofthematter，saidIhadowasnaturaluandsoon.Thereauseafterthat，andthenshesuddenlyaskedmeaquestion.
‘Doyouthink，’sheasked，‘thatoifiedintakioone’so>
&hatthatwasratheradifficultquestion，butthatonthewhole，Ithoughtnot.Thelawwasthelaw，aoabidebyit.’
&ispowerless?’
‘Idoand.’
‘It’sdifficulttoexplaidosomethingthatissidereddefinitelywrong–thatissideredacrime，even，foodandsuffitreason.’
Ireplieddrylythatpossiblyseveralalshadthoughtthatiime，andsheshrankback.
‘Butthat’shorrible，’shemurmured.‘Horrible.’
Ahageoftonesheaskedmetogivehersomethingtomakehersleep.Shehadosleepproperlysied—sierribleshock.
‘You’resureitisthat?Thereisnyou?Nothingonyourmind?’
‘Onmymind?Whatshouldbeonmymind?’
Shespokefierdsuspiciously.
‘Worryisacauseofsleeplessimes，’Isaidlightly.
&obroodforamoment.
‘Doyoumeanwoverthefuture，overthepast，whi’tbealtered?’
&her.’
‘Onlyitwouldn’tbeanygoverthepast.You’tbringback—Oh!What’stheuse!Othithink.’
Iprescribedheramildsleepingdraughtandmademyadieu.AsIoalittleoverthewordsshehadspoken.‘You’tbringback—’‘What?Orwho?’
Ithinkthatlastinterviewpreparedmeinaastoe.Idid，ofcourse，butened，Irised.BearyBartonstruckmeallalongasatiouswoman—notaweaksiawomanwiths，whotothem，andwhowouldasloillbelievedintheIfaiversationwehadshewasbeginningtodoubtherowns.Iknestedtomethatshewasfeelifaintbeginningsofthatterriblesoul-searcher-remorse.
&hinghappenedinwall，inasmalllace，ratherdesertedatthatseasomusthavebeeeMarch.Ireadaboutitinthepapers.Aladyhadbeenstayingatasmallhotelthere—aMissBarton.Shehadbeenveryoddandpehermahadbeennoticedbyall.Atnightsheanddownherrotoherself，andnotallowingthepeopleohersideofhertosleep.ShehadtheviedayandhadtoldhimthatshehadauniofthegravestimportaomaketohiShehad，shesaid，itteda，instead，shehadstoodupabruptlyandsaidshewouldotherday.Thevicarputherdownasbeingslightlymental，anddidnottakeherself-aseriously.
TheverymshewasfoundtobemissingfromherrooAaddressedtotheer.Itranasfollows:
Itriedtospeaktothevicaryesterday，tofessall，butwasnotallowed.Shewouldme.Imakeamendsonlyoneway—alifeforalife;agothesamewayashersdid.I，too，mustdrowninthedeepsea.IbelievedIwasjustified.Iseenowthatthatwasnotso.IfIdesireAmy’sfivegotoher.Letnoonebeblamedformydeath.
—MaryBarton
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