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pulled the silk pillow up onto his knee and felt the
threaded design. "Well, but what am I getting at? I don't
know Mrs. Haig that well myself, to be honest. For
example, this morning I posed to her the hypothetical
situation that you had come to her defense and that
therefore she felt indebted to you, so much so that in
order to protect you she was prepared to lie in order to
assume responsibility for what happened out there."
Henry, both feet in a rapid, nervous tap, watched
Abernathy furiously.
"I posed to her, what if you had actually arrived
during the assault. That you had been the one who
struggled with Barnum and shot him, after he had
already killed Haig. Or that it was you Haig fired at
(one bullet hitting your arm), and that you shot back in
self-defense, after Haig had killed Barnum. Private
speculations. I posed the possibility that Mrs. Haig
feared that if you (husband of the young woman to
whom she feels such a commitment), if you came to
trial, circumstances might lead to your unjust
punishment. She told me no. She told me that she took
no responsibility that was not hers, and that the truth