He seemed so
fiercely resolved, so different from his usual self."
"I understand. And what makes you think now that he is innocent?"
"I believe it because I understand his nature," said Miss Vale,
earnestly. "He might be finally aroused--under provocation he might
even be violent. But he could never do a thing like this--it is too
utterly horrible."
"You have judged that it was probably he who was seen to go into
Hume's before the murder?"
"Yes."
"Hume was alive when Berg closed up his shop; he was dead when you
entered his showroom a half hour or so later. Therefore he must have
met his death while the cab driver Sams sat on his box across the
street. Now, while Morris was seen to go in, it is not at all positive
that he was the man who came out. We are not _sure_ that he was not
present when the crime was committed."
Miss Vale reared her head proudly.
"Is it possible," she said, "that you are trying to fix this deed upon
Allan Morris?"
"I am trying to find the real truth," answered Ashton-Kirk, gravely.
"The police," said Miss Vale, "according to the newspapers, thought
that the criminal gained admission by way of the roof. This may or may
not be so; but I think it is pretty evident that he made his way out
in that manner.
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