"It is a matter of especial interest to me," continued the Doctor;
"especial regret I should say. Young Dillingham is engaged to be
married to the daughter of my cousin whom I expect to-day, and the
other young man involved, Donald Morley, is Mrs. Sequin's brother."
"Well for the life of me," said Miss Wuster, counting stitches between
her sentences, "I can't see how they got Mr. Dillingham off, unless it
was the way Mr. Gooch said."
"Who is Mr. Gooch?" asked Miss Lady of the Doctor.
"The gentleman who came to see me yesterday. He is a lawyer and has
followed the case closely. He does not scruple to affirm that the
trial was a farce, one of those legal travesties that sometimes occur
when a scion of a rich and influential family happens to transgress
the law. It seems that the saloon-keeper, who was at first reasonably
sure of what happened, suffered a strange lapse of memory when on the
stand. Gooch thinks he was bought up, but Gooch is fallible where
human motives are involved. His misanthropy invariably colors his
judgment."
"Well, nothing on earth can keep me from thinking that Mr. Dillingham
did the shooting!" declared the nurse with violent partizanship.
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