Old Email Messages Won't Delete

Here's an interesting situation (and a first for me): I have about 6-8 emails that I received at various times this week (ironically, at the time that my network was down from the 7.4.1 Airport Update). When I highlight each message individually, the body of the message does not appear in the preview pane, like all other messages I received before these messages, and have received since. Then, when I try to delete them, the message grays out, but will not delete from the Mail window. Any idea what causes this, and how I can delete them for good? (I like neat and tidy Mail windows...!) Thanks.

Try rebuilding the mailbox. (Select it, then choose Mailbox -> Rebuild.)

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