She sent me a letter then,
imploring me to go away and saying that it would break her heart
if any scandal should come upon her husband. She said that she
would come down when her husband was asleep at three in the
morning, and speak with me through the end window, if I would
go away afterwards and leave her in peace. She came down and
brought money with her, trying to bribe me to go. This made
me mad, and I caught her arm and tried to pull her through the
window. At that moment in rushed the husband with his revolver
in his hand. Elsie had sunk down upon the floor, and we were
face to face. I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare
him off and let me get away. He fired and missed me. I pulled
off almost at the same instant, and down he dropped. I made
away across the garden, and as I went I heard the window shut
behind me. That's God's truth, gentlemen, every word of it,
and I heard no more about it until that lad came riding up with
a note which made me walk in here, like a jay, and give myself
into your hands."
A cab had driven up whilst the American had been talking.
Two uniformed policemen sat inside.
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