The Old Man in the Corner
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" "You don't?" he said excitedly, while the bony fingers fidgeted againwith that inevitable bit of string. "You don't see that there is onepoint clear which to me was the key of the whole thing?
"Lavender was murdered, wasn't he? Lord Arthur did not kill him. He had, at least, in Colonel McIntosh an unimpeachable witness to prove that hecould not have committed that murder--and yet, " he added with slow, excited emphasis, marking each sentence with a knot, "and yet hedeliberately tries to throw... the guilt upon a man who obviously was alsoinnocent. Now why?" "He may have thought him guilty. " "Or wished to shield or cover the retreat of _one he knew to beguilty_. " "I don't understand. " "Think of someone, " he said excitedly, "someone whose desire would be asgreat as that of Lord Arthur to silence a scandal round that gentleman'sname. Someone who, unknown perhaps to Lord Arthur, had overheard thesame conversation which George Higgins related to the police and themagistrate, someone who, whilst Chipps was taking Lavender's card in tohis master, had a few minutes' time wherein to make an assignation withLavender, promising him money, no doubt, in exchange for thecompromising bills.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" "You don't?" he said excitedly, while the bony fingers fidgeted againwith that inevitable bit of string. "You don't see that there is onepoint clear which to me was the key of the whole thing?
"Lavender was murdered, wasn't he? Lord Arthur did not kill him. He had, at least, in Colonel McIntosh an unimpeachable witness to prove that hecould not have committed that murder--and yet, " he added with slow, excited emphasis, marking each sentence with a knot, "and yet hedeliberately tries to throw... the guilt upon a man who obviously was alsoinnocent. Now why?" "He may have thought him guilty. " "Or wished to shield or cover the retreat of _one he knew to beguilty_. " "I don't understand. " "Think of someone, " he said excitedly, "someone whose desire would be asgreat as that of Lord Arthur to silence a scandal round that gentleman'sname. Someone who, unknown perhaps to Lord Arthur, had overheard thesame conversation which George Higgins related to the police and themagistrate, someone who, whilst Chipps was taking Lavender's card in tohis master, had a few minutes' time wherein to make an assignation withLavender, promising him money, no doubt, in exchange for thecompromising bills.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Orczy Emmuska Orczy Baroness to read onlineMoreLess
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