human
How very singular, Mrs. Lonsdale! This gentleman is Mr Ford, the coroner, also on his way to Homebury!
gpt
and about Mrs. Lonsdale being an old friend of the dead man; about her having been good enough to volunteer to shed whatever light she might have upon the case, and of their meeting being the
human
I suppose, he asked, leaning forward a little, confidentially,
gpt
The woman--yes, said Mr. Burke. And Bessie Lonsdale inclined her head and said,
human
I know.
gpt
And do you know who she was?
human
Unfortunately, Mr. Ford, no one appears to have the least idea who she might be. Mrs. Lonsdale, however, has been able to clear up a point which may, I fancy, make the identity of the woman less important than it might otherwise appear to be. Mrs. Lonsdale has known for some time of the serious condition of Mr. Ayling's heart. It was because of it, she tells me, that Mr. Ayling came home from India. Mrs. Lonsdale's testimony, together with the statement of the physician who was called, would seem to leave little doubt that it was merely a case of heart.
gpt
So it would, he said.
human
Yes, so it would. He stopped nodding, and sat there an instant, as if he were thinking of something else.
gpt
If that's the case, he broke out,
human
Rotter, I think, said Mr. Burke,