human
My dear young lady! he cried in a low-pitched, even voice.
gpt
Murdered! And in the presence of you all! Then of course you know who his murderer is.
human
I don't, I don't! We none of us know! None of us! she ejaculated, shutting her hands together and lifting a tear-stained, haggard face to his.
gpt
Oh, Mr. Deland, that is the terrible, the mysterious part of it all. It happened in a flash. Suddenly the lights went out; we heard the wheel humming, just as the Peasant Girl said it would hum, and then ... then ... the lights came up again, and there he lay, shot through the temple and stabbed to the heart, quite, quite dead!
human
Whew! Rather a marvellous happening, I must say, gave out Cleek, laying a hand upon her shaking shoulder and edging her tenderly toward the open door of that little ante-room into which he had been shown only that morning, when the old laird himself had entered upon their conversation, with his lady in attendance. And now he was dead! murdered! It seemed indeed hardly credible.
gpt
Sit down awhile, and then tell me at your leisure all the happenings which took place. Got any brandy in the house? Or have you had some? No? Well, I've always a flask handy. Now, take a pull at this, and then lean back in that chair and close your eyes. You'll be a different person, I assure you. Here's my flask. Make it a good peg, too.