human
Sir, said Timson, who was a mild-faced, spectacled, yellow-haired man,
gpt
I have a communication to make to you about my respected client, Mrs. Rosamund Vand, if you will hear it.
human
Respectable, eh? questioned the officer ironically.
gpt
Perhaps you don't know, Mr.--Mr. --he referred to the card--
human
Mr. Timson, that your respectable client is wanted for her complicity in the murder of her brother?
gpt
Sir, said Mr. Timson again and firmly,
human
he added with emphasis
gpt
So she says because it is to her benefit to say so, Mr. Timson. But the man who saw the murder committed swears that it was a most deliberate affair, and was only done for the sake of certain jewels, which----
human
Deliberate or not, Mr. Inspector, interrupted the meek little man,
gpt
We can argue that point, said Inglis drily,
human
No, said Timson coolly,
gpt
I am not.
human
But you said you had seen her--after the murder was committed, I fancy you hinted.
gpt
I saw her, said Timson, quite calmly,
human
And you did not detain her when you knew----
gpt
I knew nothing. Had I known that she was flying from justice I certainly should have urged her to surrender. But the news of these terrible doings in Marshely had not reached London; it was not in the papers until the following day. You grant that?
human
Yes, yes! But----
gpt
No 'buts' at all, Mr. Inspector, said Timson, who seemed firm enough in spite of his meek aspect.
human
My client confessed to me that her husband had been drowned, and that he had murdered her brother in a fit of passion because Captain Huxham intended to turn his sister out of doors and alter his will on account of her secret marriage.
gpt
That motive may have had some weight, said Inglis quietly,
human
No! snapped Timson, whose meekness was giving way.
gpt
She called to make her will.
human
Make her will--in whose favour?
gpt
I see no reason why I should not tell you, said the lawyer,
human
Faith? Ah! she knew, then, that the girl was not her niece.
gpt
Yes. But she did not tell me that, nor did I inquire. All she did was to make me, or, rather instruct me, to draw up a will leaving the Bleacres property and the five hundred a year she inherited from the late Captain Huxham, to Miss Faith, as some token of repentance for having misjudged her. And now, cried Timson, rising wrathfully,
human
I don't see how that will clears her character, said Inglis coolly,
gpt
Impossible! Impossible!
human
I think it is very probable, indeed, Mr. Timson, Mrs. Vand cannot get out of England, as all the ports and railway stations are watched, and there is a full description of her appearance posted everywhere. Unless she wants to get a long sentence for complicity in this most brutal murder, she will have to commit suicide.
gpt
I tell you she is innocent.
human
Can you tell me that she is not an accomplice after the fact?
gpt
A wife is not bound to give evidence against her husband.
human
I am not here to argue on points of law with you, Mr. Timson. All I ask is, if you know where your respected client is?
gpt
No, I do not, said Timson, taking up his hat,