human
You have a sample of each article of food now? he was asking the district attorney.
gpt
You are sure you have missed nothing?
human
As far as possible I took my samples from the table where Werner sat, Mackay explained.
gpt
When the prop. boy gets here with an empty bottle and cork I'll have a sample of the wine. I think it's the wine,
human
You've got--
gpt
In my pocket!
human
Good Lord! Mackay flushed.
gpt
There it is! Shirley's the man, and I'll take him now, quick, without waiting for a warrant.
human
See! I ejaculated, to Kennedy.
gpt
He killed Stella because she made a fool of him and then, when Werner discovered that and followed him to Tarrytown the other night, it probably put him in a panic of fear, and so, to keep Werner from talking--
human
Easy, Walter! Not so fast! What you overheard is insufficient ground for Shirley's conviction, unless you could make him confess, and I doubt you could make him do that.
gpt
Why?
human
Because I don't think he's guilty. At least --Kennedy, as always, was cautious in his statements,
gpt
But his anger at Stella, I protested,
human
Miss Lamar's death was the result of a cool, unfeeling plan, not pique or anger. The same cruel, careful brain executed this second crime.
gpt
How do you account for the dialogue Jameson overheard?
human
Miss Loring told us that Shirley suspected some one and was watching, and would not tell her or anyone else who it was. It seems most likely to me that it is the truth, Mackay. In that case her remark means that she believes his silence in a way is responsible for Werner's death.
gpt
Oh! If Shirley had taken you into his confidence, for instance--?
human
I might possibly have succeeded in gaining sufficient evidence for an arrest, thus averting this tragedy. But it is only a theory of mine.
gpt
It's still my belief that Shirley is guilty,