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At
three
o
’
clock
that
morning
her
husband
suffered
a
sharp
relapse
,
and
she
was
so
alarmed
by
his
symptoms
that
she
determined
to
call
the
doctor
without
delay
.
As
she
passed
through
the
gate
she
was
surprised
to
see
someone
lurking
among
the
laurel
bushes
.
It
was
certainly
a
man
,
and
to
the
best
of
her
belief
Mr
.
Arthur
Morton
.
Preoccupied
with
her
own
troubles
,
she
gave
no
particular
attention
to
the
incident
,
but
hurried
on
upon
her
errand
.
When
she
reached
the
house
she
perceived
to
her
surprise
that
the
light
was
still
burning
in
the
study
.
She
therefore
tapped
at
the
surgery
door
.
There
was
no
answer
.
She
repeated
the
knocking
several
times
without
effect
.
It
appeared
to
her
to
be
unlikely
that
the
doctor
would
either
go
to
bed
or
go
out
leaving
so
brilliant
a
light
behind
him
,
and
it
struck
Mrs
.
Madding
that
it
was
possible
that
he
might
have
dropped
asleep
in
his
chair
.
She
tapped
at
the
study
window
,
therefore
,
but
without
result
.
Then
,
finding
that
there
was
an
opening
between
the
curtain
and
the
woodwork
,
she
looked
through
.
The
small
room
was
brilliantly
lighted
from
a
large
lamp
on
the
central
table
,
which
was
littered
with
the
doctor
’
s
books
and
instruments
.
No
one
was
visible
,
nor
did
she
see
anything
unusual
,
except
that
in
the
farther
shadow
thrown
by
the
table
a
dingy
white
glove
was
lying
upon
the
carpet
.
And
then
suddenly
,
as
her
eyes
became
more
accustomed
to
the
light
,
a
boot
emerged
from
the
other
end
of
the
shadow
,
and
she
realized
,
with
a
thrill
of
horror
,
that
what
she
had
taken
to
be
a
glove
was
the
hand
of
a
man
,
who
was
prostrate
upon
the
floor
.
Understanding
that
something
terrible
had
occurred
,
she
rang
at
the
front
door
,
roused
Mrs
.
Woods
,
the
housekeeper
,
and
the
two
women
made
their
way
into
the
study
,
having
first
dispatched
the
maidservant
to
the
police
-
station
.
At
the
side
of
the
table
,
away
from
the
window
,
Dr
.
Lana
was
discovered
stretched
upon
his
back
and
quite
dead
.
It
was
evident
that
he
had
been
subjected
to
violence
,
for
one
of
his
eyes
was
blackened
and
there
were
marks
of
bruises
about
his
face
and
neck
.
A
slight
thickening
and
swelling
of
his
features
appeared
to
suggest
that
the
cause
of
his
death
had
been
strangulation
.
He
was
dressed
in
his
usual
professional
clothes
,
but
wore
cloth
slippers
,
the
soles
of
which
were
perfectly
clean
.
The
carpet
was
marked
all
over
,
especially
on
the
side
of
the
door
,
with
traces
of
dirty
boots
,
which
were
presumably
left
by
the
murderer
.
It
was
evident
that
someone
had
entered
by
the
surgery
door
,
had
killed
the
doctor
,
and
had
then
made
his
escape
unseen
.
That
the
assailant
was
a
man
was
certain
,
from
the
size
of
the
footprints
and
from
the
nature
of
the
injuries
.
But
beyond
that
point
the
police
found
it
very
difficult
to
go
.
There
were
no
signs
of
robbery
,
and
the
doctor
’
s
gold
watch
was
safe
in
his
pocket
.
He
kept
a
heavy
cash
-
box
in
the
room
,
and
this
was
discovered
to
be
locked
but
empty
.
Mrs
.
Woods
had
an
impression
that
a
large
sum
was
usually
kept
there
,
but
the
doctor
had
paid
a
heavy
corn
bill
in
cash
only
that
very
day
,
and
it
was
conjectured
that
it
was
to
this
and
not
to
a
robber
that
the
emptiness
of
the
box
was
due
.
One
thing
in
the
room
was
missing
—
but
that
one
thing
was
suggestive
.
The
portrait
of
Miss
Morton
,
which
had
always
stood
upon
the
side
-
table
,
had
been
taken
from
its
frame
,
and
carried
off
.
Mrs
.
Woods
had
observed
it
there
when
she
waited
upon
her
employer
that
evening
,
and
now
it
was
gone
.
On
the
other
hand
,
there
was
picked
up
from
the
floor
a
green
eye
-
patch
,
which
the
housekeeper
could
not
remember
to
have
seen
before
.
Such
a
patch
might
,
however
,
be
in
the
possession
of
a
doctor
,
and
there
was
nothing
to
indicate
that
it
was
in
any
way
connected
with
the
crime
.
Suspicion
could
only
turn
in
one
direction
,
and
Arthur
Morton
,
the
young
squire
,
was
immediately
arrested
.
The
evidence
against
him
was
circumstantial
,
but
damning
.
He
was
devoted
to
his
sister
,
and
it
was
shown
that
since
the
rupture
between
her
and
Dr
.
Lana
he
had
been
heard
again
and
again
to
express
himself
in
the
most
vindictive
terms
towards
her
former
lover
.
He
had
,
as
stated
,
been
seen
somewhere
about
eleven
o
’
clock
entering
the
doctor
’
s
drive
with
a
hunting
-
crop
in
his
hand
.
He
had
then
,
according
to
the
theory
of
the
police
,
broken
in
upon
the
doctor
,
whose
exclamation
of
fear
or
of
anger
had
been
loud
enough
to
attract
the
attention
of
Mrs
.
Woods
.
When
Mrs
.
Woods
descended
,
Dr
.
Lana
had
made
up
his
mind
to
talk
it
over
with
his
visitor
,
and
had
,
therefore
,
sent
his
housekeeper
back
to
her
room
.
This
conversation
had
lasted
a
long
time
,
had
become
more
and
more
fiery
,
and
had
ended
by
a
personal
struggle
,
in
which
the
doctor
lost
his
life
.
The
fact
,
revealed
by
a
post
-
mortem
,
that
his
heart
was
much
diseased
—
an
ailment
quite
unsuspected
during
his
life
—
would
make
it
possible
that
death
might
in
his
case
ensue
from
injuries
which
would
not
be
fatal
to
a
healthy
man
.
Arthur
Morton
had
then
removed
his
sister
’
s
photograph
,
and
had
made
his
way
homeward
,
stepping
aside
into
the
laurel
bushes
to
avoid
Mrs
.
Madding
at
the
gate
.
This
was
the
theory
of
the
prosecution
,
and
the
case
which
they
presented
was
a
formidable
one
.
On
the
other
hand
,
there
were
some
strong
points
for
the
defence
.
Morton
was
high
-
spirited
and
impetuous
,
like
his
sister
,
but
he
was
respected
and
liked
by
everyone
,
and
his
frank
and
honest
nature
seemed
to
be
incapable
of
such
a
crime
.
His
own
explanation
was
that
he
was
anxious
to
have
a
conversation
with
Dr
.
Lana
about
some
urgent
family
matters
(
from
first
to
last
he
refused
even
to
mention
the
name
of
his
sister
)
.
He
did
not
attempt
to
deny
that
this
conversation
would
probably
have
been
of
an
unpleasant
nature
.
He
had
heard
from
a
patient
that
the
doctor
was
out
,
and
he
therefore
waited
until
about
three
in
the
morning
for
his
return
,
but
as
he
had
seen
nothing
of
him
up
to
that
hour
,
he
had
given
it
up
and
had
returned
home
.
As
to
his
death
,
he
knew
no
more
about
it
than
the
constable
who
arrested
him
.
He
had
formerly
been
an
intimate
friend
of
the
deceased
man
;
but
circumstances
,
which
he
would
prefer
not
to
mention
,
had
brought
about
a
change
in
his
sentiments
.
There
were
several
facts
which
supported
his
innocence
.
It
was
certain
that
Dr
.
Lana
was
alive
and
in
his
study
at
half
-
past
eleven
o
’
clock
.
Mrs
.
Woods
was
prepared
to
swear
that
it
was
at
that
hour
that
she
had
heard
his
voice
.
The
friends
of
the
prisoner
contended
that
it
was
probable
that
at
that
time
Dr
.
Lana
was
not
alone
.
The
sound
which
had
originally
attracted
the
attention
of
the
housekeeper
,
and
her
master
’
s
unusual
impatience
that
she
should
leave
him
in
peace
,
seemed
to
point
to
that
.
If
this
were
so
then
it
appeared
to
be
probable
that
he
had
met
his
end
between
the
moment
when
the
housekeeper
heard
his
voice
and
the
time
when
Mrs
.
