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II As Seen By Detective Sweetwater | Anna Katharine Green | |
X A Difference Of Opinion |
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At this, the listening Sweetwater hoped that Dr. Heath would ignore the suggestion thus conveyed and decline the explanation it apparently demanded. But the impression made by the gentleman's good looks had been too strong for this coroner's proverbial caution, and, handing over the slip of a note which had been found among Miss Challoner's effects by her father, he quietly asked: "Do you recognise the signature?" "Yes, it is mine." "Then you acknowledge yourself the author of these lines?" "Most certainly. Have I not said that this is my signature?" "Do you remember the words of this note, Mr. Brotherson?" "Hardly. I recollect its tenor, but not the exact words." "Read them." "Excuse me, I had rather not. I am aware that they were bitter and should be the cause of great regret. I was angry when I wrote them." "That is evident. But the cause of your anger is not so clear, Mr. Brotherson. Miss Challoner was a woman of lofty character, or such was the universal opinion of her friends. What could she have done to a gentleman like yourself to draw forth such a tirade?" "You ask that?" |
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