human
I must ask you to put anything you have to say to me in the fewest possible words, he said gently;
gpt
Another time may never come, answered Ephraim, with a sigh.
human
No, you must hear me now while a little strength is left me. I will promise to be as brief as possible. He was breathing hard, and his sentences were uttered brokenly and with difficulty. After closing his eyes for a few moments as if to collect his thoughts, he said:
gpt
You were at the trial of Mr. Brancker, were you not, Mr. Clement? You listened to the evidence right through from beginning to end?
human
I don't think a single point of the evidence, as sworn to by the various witnesses, escaped me.
gpt
You will not have forgotten that one of the facts which told strongly against Mr. B., and one which he professed himself totally unable to explain, was that some of the papers in his private drawer were smeared with blood, and that there was a similar smear on the floor close by?
human
I have not forgotten. The circumstance has always struck me as being a very peculiar one.
gpt
I am the only person who could have explained it.