In the
case of an eye-witness there are thousands of things which cannot be
produced in evidence which yet are most important in directing and
confirming suspicions. The attitude, the voice, the look of a speaker,
the things which he conceals as well as the things which he
reveals--all these are evidence. But these Fanny was unable to set
down. Therefore it behoved her to be strictly careful.
First, she stated how she became aware that there was some secret
scheme under consideration between Lord Harry and the doctor. Next, she
set down the fact that they began to talk French to each other,
thinking that she could not understand them; that they spoke of
deceiving Lady Harry by some statement which had already deceived the
authorities; that the doctor undertook to get the lady out of the
house; that they engaged herself as nurse to a sick man; that she
suspected from the beginning that their design was to profit in some
way by the death of this sick than, who bore a slight resemblance to
Lord Harry himself. And so on, following the story as closely as she
could remember, to the death of the Dane and her own subsequent
conversation with the nurse. She was careful to put in the dates, day
after day.
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