human
Is this true, Domville? I cried at last, when I found tongue.
gpt
Speak.
human
True! he echoed, with a strange, sickly smile, but in a low, hoarse tone.
gpt
The police are fools. Let them do as they like. They'll soon find out that they've got hold of the wrong man. You surely know me well enough, Wilfrid, not to believe these fellows without proof.
human
Yes, I cried,
gpt
I do, Eric. I believe you are innocent, and I'll help you to prove it.
human
At present, Mr Hughes, we must send this gentleman round to the station. We may discuss his innocence later on. Then turning to Edwards he said in quick, peremptory tones,
gpt
Get a cab, you and Marvin, and take him round to the station. Then come back here. Tell Inspector Nicholls that I'll charge him myself when I come round.
human
Yes, sir,
gpt
Pardon me, Mr Hughes, said Pickering, after he had gone,
human
He is my friend,
gpt
And may he not be a criminal at the same time? Of many of our friends we are utterly unaware what lives they lead in secret. Charles Peace, the daring burglar, as you will probably remember, taught in a Sunday-school. Therefore, never judge a man by his outward profession, either of friendship or of piety.
human
But I heard the villains threaten him in that upstairs room, I exclaimed.
gpt
He was in peril of his life.
human
Because they had quarrelled--perhaps over the distribution of the spoils. Criminals more often than not quarrel over that, and in revenge give each other away to us. No, Mr Hughes, before you jump to any conclusion in this matter just wait a bit, wait, I mean, till we've concluded our inquiries. Depend upon it a very different complexion will soon be placed upon the whole affair.
gpt
He made no statement, Edwards said.
human
He's one of 'em, that's certain.
gpt
Why? I asked.
human
How are you so positive?
gpt
Well, sir, we can generally pretty well tell, you know. He was a bit too resigned to be innocent.