human
You are next on the programme, he said, evenly.
gpt
We know that you are at the head of an organized gang, which is not only operating a lottery through this and adjacent states, but also is conducting an immense business in stolen automobiles. Therefore----
human
Just one minute, please, said Jachin Fell.
gpt
Do you forget, Mr. Gramont, the affair of the Midnight Masquer? You are a very zealous citizen, I have no doubt, but----
human
I was about to add, struck in Gramont,
gpt
What!
human
Quite true, I assure you, said Gramont.
gpt
The evidence is, at least, a good deal clearer than the evidence against young Maillard.
human
My heavens! said Fell, staring.
gpt
I never dreamed that Chacherre----
human
Perhaps you didn't. Gramont shrugged his shoulders.
gpt
Neither did any one else. I imagine that Ben learned of this room and drinking party, and rightly decided that he could make a rich haul off a small crowd of drunken young sports. He had the costume stolen from my car, as you know, also the automatic which went with it. Two shots were missing from the automatic when we found it in Ben's possession; and you remember the Masquer fired twice at the time Maillard was killed.
human
Ah! I always said young Maillard wasn't guilty!
gpt
And your man Hammond----