human
Then he _was_ here this morning?
gpt
He just called in for a moment, he said, sullenly;
human
Oh, said Mr Barnacle,
gpt
Batchelor, do you still decline to offer any explanation of the discovery of this key in your desk?
human
I can only say, I replied,
gpt
Who would put it there?
human
Hawkesbury, I suppose. When he and his friend dragged me up stairs my desk was left open.
gpt
Can you describe this Masham?
human
The description, said the detective,
gpt
Do you know his writing?
human
I know what I believe to be his writing,
gpt
Is that it?
human
No, that is not the handwriting I believe to be his.
gpt
Is that?
human
No.
gpt
Is that?
human
Yes, that is it.
gpt
How are you able to recognise it?
human
By this, said I, producing the letter to Mary Smith from my pocket. The handwriting on the two envelopes was compared and found to be alike, and further to correspond with a signature at the back of the cheque. The clerk, it seemed, being a little doubtful of the person who presented the cheque, had required him to write his name on the back; and the fictitious signature
gpt
A. Robinson
human
That seems clear,
gpt
I see, said Mr Barnacle, looking again at the envelope I had given him,
human
Would you mind reading the letter, sir? I said;