human
This gentleman is Mr. Dering's solicitor; perhaps he will be able to throw some light on the whole affair,
gpt
It is--isn't it?--poor Hinton?
human
Hinton? said the doctor sharply.
gpt
He's there, sure enough--but you didn't see him, for we put him under a sheet, behind that screen. Your friend shot him dead first, and then cut his own throat, but he didn't set about that in quite the right way, so he's alive still, as you can see.
human
And where is Mrs. Dering?
gpt
We've just sent her back into the next house, he answered curtly,
human
And have you no clue to what has happened? Has Dering been able to give no explanation of this--this--horrible business?
gpt
Of course he can't speak. He will never speak again. He wrote a few words to his wife, but they amounted to nothing save regret that he had bungled the last half of the affair.
human
And what do you yourself think?
gpt
I haven't had time to think much about it; the tone was rough and sore.
human
Mr. Dering seems to have come into a large sum of money, and such things have been known to upset men's brains before now.
gpt
Still, he might write something of consequence, now that this gentleman has come,