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Another Letter For Philip.
From beside his prisoner in the deep gloom Philip saw Thorpe and his wife come out of the cabin a minute later and hurry away through the night.

Then he dragged the guard into the prison, relocked the door, left the key in the lock, and returned to Hodges' office to replace the old clothes for his uniform.

Not until he stood looking down upon the dead body again did the enormity of his own offense begin to crowd upon him.

But he was not frightened nor did he regret what he had done.
He turned out the light, sat down, coolly filled his pipe, and began turning the affair over, detail by detail, in his mind.