human
You laugh now, he said.
gpt
You will weep later. What I say is true. Thorold stole the body of your father--your supposed father! he sneered,
human
I don't acknowledge the relationship, retorted the girl with spirit,
gpt
I say nothing of the sort, replied the Captain, nettled by her open contempt,
human
You cannot prove this ridiculous charge? cried the Rector.
gpt
Mr. Thorold is incapable of such a crime.
human
Ah! drawled the other coolly,
gpt
What do you mean by that?
human
I mean that Mr. Thorold was once a medical student--at least, I have been told as much.
gpt
It is true, quite true,
human
You mean that Mr. Thorold stole the body for scientific purposes?
gpt
For dissection--yes. Mr. Thorold is, I understand, an enthusiast in surgery. Marlow--or, rather, I should say, Beauchamp--died of an obscure disease, and Warrender and Thorold removed the body to hold a post-mortem on it. They were the men seen by Cicero Gramp--you see, I know all about it. They probably carried the body to the moor hut to dissect it. Whether they quarreled or not, I do not know, nor do I know if it was Thorold who killed the doctor. All I say is, that those two stole the body.
human
Oh, indeed! remarked Mr. Phelps ironically,
gpt
I don't know. Buried it on the moor, very likely.
human
Mr. Thorold had not the key of the vault, cried Sophy indignantly.
gpt
It had been stolen by the Quiet Gentleman.
human
So I understand, retorted Lestrange sharply.
gpt
And who says so? Mr. Thorold himself. Believe me, sir, he turned to the Rector,
human
I don't believe it, said Mr. Phelps decisively.
gpt
Thorold was at Bournemouth on the night the crime was committed.
human
I know he was! cried Sophy, with emphasis.
gpt
He was with me and Miss Parsh.
human
You are wrong, both of you. He came back to Heathton on that night, and returned to Bournemouth before dawn. I understand it is only an hour's journey from here.
gpt
It is not true, insisted Sophy uneasily.
human
I saw Mr. Thorold at eight o'clock that night at the Soudan Hotel.
gpt
I dare say. But at ten o'clock he was at Heathton.
human
How can you prove that?
gpt
If you will permit me,