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Jason never sought the Golden Fleece withperseverance

than John displayed in the pursuit of the lost article which Colette

refused to describe His calls of inquiry didn'this departure after receiving an answer It

ers, ato the devious and manifold routes taken by her rheumatic

pains; a rehearsal of the late lamented Hallie's idiosyncracies; the

details of his last illness; his death; and his wearing of the surplice

at the obsequies

Throughout her harangue he preached patience unto himself and remembered

that she was an old woman, desolate in her "lone lornness," so he

counselled not, neither did he pray, but coentleness of voice and speech that won him a fond place in her memory

for all ti he reo fer to look in no pockit I didn't

suppose thes had pockits"

Then the scene shifted to Derry Phillips's studio, and this visit was

fraught with more difficulties, for there was the case of Amarilly which

must be approached delicately and with subtlety

After stating his errand concisely and receiving assurance that the

pocket had not been examined, but that the ered