human
Tell me, Sybil, I urged in a low, kindly tone.
gpt
Who is this man?
human
Ah! no, Wilfrid! she gasped at last, her face cast down as though in shame.
gpt
Don't ask that. How--how can I, of all women, tell you?
human
But you must, I said firmly.
gpt
All is known. The brutal devilish conspiracy of those men Parham, Winsloe and Vickers is exposed.
human
Exposed! Then they know about that--about that awful house in Clipstone Street?
gpt
The horrible truth has been discovered. The police went to the house last night.
human
The police!
gpt
Yes, and Vickers, who is under arrest, has denounced you as one of their accomplices. Tell me, I cried hoarsely,
human
I knew he would denounce me, she cried bitterly.
gpt
He has been my bitterest enemy from the very first. To that man I owe all my sorrow and degradation. He and his friends are fiends--veritable fiends in human shape--vampires who have sucked the blood of the innocent, and cast them away in secret in that dark house in Clipstone Street without mercy and without compunction. He carried out his threat once, and denounced me, but he did not succeed in effecting my ruin. And now, when arrested he has told the police what--what, Wilfrid, is, alas! the truth.
human
The truth! I gasped, drawing away from her in horror.
gpt
The truth, Sybil. Then you are really guilty, I wailed.
human
Ah! Heaven--I believed you were innocent!