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Strange Answer. Next day the Count consented to discuss his views and plans. "The war?" he asked. "I do not follow the news. Why should I? . . . I am only interested in the fishing trip Nancy and I plan for next week. ... I am staying in Nassau. I love it. It is my home."
Briskly the Colonial Executive Council decided to honor the jury's recommendation, invite the Count and his friend the Marquis to move on. This action was taken without the participation of the Governor, the Duke of Windsor, who with the Duchess had gone to the U.S. a month before the trial opened, and had stayed there since. After the authorities spoke, Freddy began to talk vaguely about Mexico. Then he announced that he and Nancy would remarry; that he had the Bishop's permission to validate their union in the St. Francis Xavier Church, despite his two previous civil marriages. Father Bonaventure waited one afternoon for an hour, finally shrugged, said: "It takes two to make a wedding." Freddy also said he planned to sell his sailboat, the Concubine.
Strange Atmosphere. Attorney General Eric Hallinan grimly declared the search for the murderer closed.
In the dank odor of suspicion which tinged the pre-season gaiety, one hostess suddenly said: "Why! Now I'll always have to wonder whether I'm dancing with the murderer of Sir Harry Oakes."