human
I have just been with poor Atherton, he said; and he looked very grave.
gpt
Come in here; I was going to send for you. By the bye, have you been to the Leslies? he is most anxious about that. I don't think he'll be calm enough to think for himself until he knows all is right in that quarter.
human
I have a note from Miss Leslie for him,
gpt
All right. Give it to me; I'll enclose it, and send it at once.
human
The case is dead against him, he said as he sat down,
gpt
He is innocent, I said;
human
I could swear he is innocent!
gpt
Yes, so I think, and so do others; but the evidence against him is frightfully strong. That woman, Mrs. Haag, will make a most criminating statement of what occurred last night.
human
I don't know the particulars,--tell me what they are?
gpt
said Merrivale, unheeding my question.
human
You were with poor old Thorneley last night, it seems. Just tell me all that passed. In fact, I ought to know _every thing_. I hear too that you are to be summoned as witness against Atherton. How is that?