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They filed out after him, and I heard them go singing up the street. Then I sank back into my chair and thought again of Godfrey's theory; it seemed to fit the case precisely, point by point even and I started at the thought to Miss Holladay's reticence as to her whereabouts the afternoon before. The whole mystery lay plain before me.
Miss Holladay, of course, rigidly refused herself to all inquirers, and here, again, I found myself on the horns of a dilemma. Doubtless, she was very far from wishing the discovery of the guilty woman, and yet I felt that she must be discovered, if only for Miss Holladay's sake, in order to clear away the last vestige of the cloud that shadowed her.
Holladay's dictation, and had returned to my desk to arrange them, when the outer door opened and Mr. Holladay's daughter came in. She asked me whether her father was engaged, and upon my saying no, opened the inner door and entered his office. She remained, I should think, about ten minutes; then she came out again, walked rapidly past without looking at me, and, I suppose, left the building.
Bowles describes in his admirable book "Across the Continent." But his was the gala-day excursion of Speaker Colfax and his party, so full of studied and constant attention as to lead Governor Bross to tell the good people of Salt Lake, a little extravagantly, that the height of human happiness was to live in one of Holladay's stages.
"Plainly," he said at last, "the whole case hinges on the evidence of this man Rogers Holladay's confidential clerk and from what I know of Rogers, I should say that he'd be the last man in the world to make a willful misstatement. He says that Miss Holladay entered her father's office late yesterday afternoon, stayed there ten minutes, and then came out hurriedly.
"We have one more witness," he said at last, "Miss Holladay's coachman, and perhaps a little testimony in rebuttal. If you wish to adjourn for lunch, Mr. Royce, I'm quite ready to do so." "Thank you, sir," said my chief, welcoming any opportunity to pull himself together and prepare a plan of defense. "I do wish it." "Very well, then; we'll adjourn till two o'clock," and he pushed back his chair.
Most of this business was conducted by our junior, and while, of course, he told me nothing, it was evident that Miss Holladay's kindly feelings toward him had suffered no diminution. The whole office was more or less conversant with the affair, and wished him success and happiness. So a week or ten days passed.
"Did you hear any sound of conversation, or any unusual noise of any kind?" "No, sir. It would have been a very unusual noise to be audible. Mr. Holladay's office has heavy walls and a double door which completely shut off all sounds from within." "Miss Holladay then came out?" "Yes, sir." "And walked past you?" "Yes, sir; walked past me rapidly." "Did you not think that peculiar?"
"I should like to recall Miss Holladay's maid, if you please," he said; and the girl was summoned, while Rogers stumbled dazedly off to the witness room. "You're quite sure your mistress wore a dark red gown yesterday afternoon?" he asked, when the girl was on the stand again. "Oh, yes, sir; quite sure." "It was not dark green? Think carefully, now!"
Holladay's affections from that moment seemed to grow and center about his daughter, who developed into a tall and beautiful girl too beautiful, as was soon apparent, for our junior partner's peace of mind.
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