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knewitwould！Ishother-butnotwithanordinarybullet。Mychargewasasmalliciclemadedeliberatelyforthepurpose。Ithadstrengthenoughtopenetrate，butitleftnotracebehindit。
’Abulletoficeforaheartofice，’Ihadsaidinthetormentofmyrage。Butthewordwaswithoutknowledge，Mr。Challoner。I
seeitnow；Ihaveseenitfortwowholeweeks。Ididnotmisjudgehercondemnationofme，butImisjudgeditscause。Itwasnottothecomparativelypoor，thecomparativelyobscuremanshesoughttoshowcontempt，buttothebrotherofOswaldwhoseclaimsshesawinsulted。AwomanIshouldhaverespected，notkilled。Awomanofnoprideofstation；awomanwholovedamannotonlyofmyownclassbutofmyownblood-awoman，toavengewhoseunmeriteddeathIstandherebeforeyouaself-condemnedcriminal。Thatisbutjustice，Mr。Challoner。ThatisthewayIlookatthings。
Thoughnosentimentalist；anddeadtoallbeliefssavetheeternaltruthsofscience，Ihavethatinmewhichwillnotletmeprofit，nowthatIknowmyselfunworthy，bythegreatsuccessIhaveearned。
Hencethisconfession，Mr。Challoner。Ithasnotcomeeasily，nordoIshutmyeyesintheleasttotheresultswhichmustfollow。
ButIcannotdodifferently。To-morrow，youmaytelegraphtoNewYork。TillthenIdesiretobeleftundisturbed。Ihavemanythingstodisposeofintheinterim。”
Mr。Challoner，verywhitebynow，pointedtothedoorbeforehesankagainintohischair。Brothersontookitfordismissalandsteppedslowlyback。ThentheireyesmetagainandMr。Challonerspokehisfirstword：”Therewasanother-apoorwoman-shediedsuddenly-andherwoundwasnotunlikethatinflicteduponEdith。Didyou-””Idid。”Theanswercamewithoutatremour。”YoumaysayandsomayothersthatIwaslessjustifiedinthisattackthanintheother；butIdonotseeitthatway。Atheorydoesnotalwaysworkinpractice。IwishedtotesttheunusualmeansIcontemplated，andthewomanIsawbeforemeacrossthecourtwashard-workingandwithnothinginlifetolookforwardto，so-”
AcryofbitterexecrationfromMr。Challonercuthimshort。
Turningwithashrughewasabouttolifthishandtothedoor，whenhegaveaviolentstartandfellhastilybackbeforeaquicklyenteringfigureofsuchpassionandfuryasneitherofthesemenhadeverseenbefore。
ItwasOswald！Oswald，thekindly！Oswald，theloverofmenandtheadorerofwomen！Oswald，withthewordsofthedastardlyconfessionhehadpartlyoverheardsearinghotwithinhisbrain！
Oswald，raisedinamomentfromthedespondinginvalidtoaterrifyingministrantofretributivejustice。
Orlandocouldscarcelyraisehishandbeforetheother’swasuponhisthroat。”Murderer！doubly-dyedmurdererofinnocentwomen！”washissedinthestrongman’sears。”Notwiththelawbutwithmeyoumustreckon，andmayGodandthespiritofmymothernervemyarm！”
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Thestrugglewasfiercebutmomentary。OswaldwithhisweakenedpowerscouldnotlongwithstandthesteadyexertionofOrlan
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