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Show 170 Clink prison." "I never knew, but then the truth was a well kept secret because soon after your departure from the family, I was sent to France to attend boarding school, While there, I received a letter from home telling me that you had been killed in an accident." "As far as mother and father were concerned, I was dead." "I never once suspected that you might be alive until Henry brought me the medallion." "What made you think then that I might be alive?" "I don't really know. But mother and father would never talk about you--it was as though they were harboring a deep hurt more than a loss brought about by death. Why didn't you ever come home?" "I did. Many times, but as long as mother and father were alive I was not welcome. And when they died, Uncle Earl is the one who told me you were dead." "Dependable old Uncle Earl. Now I fully understand the promise he made to father on his deathbed." "How did Henry get the medallion from the mimist?" "Henry is the mimist," smiled Prentiss. "You employ a mimist?" "No, I employ Henry to be my eyes and ears. He chooses to mime now and then. He recognized the medallion because I have carried on the tradition of giving each of my sons and daughters a similar |