Cleek, Hamilton (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Police -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Wynne met his death, it was at the point of a pistol which had lain
unused in the secretaire at Withersby Hall for some little time. I have
not been able to find the actual spot where the body of Wynne and, later
on, that of Collins was first concealed, but I have no doubt that they
were brought from that spot to be discovered by us. It was very necessary
for the body of Wynne to be discovered, since the bullet in his brain was
fired from Miss Brellier's revolver. It was all part of the plot against
Sir Nigel. How bitter was that plot is evidenced by the removal of the
bodies to the place they were discovered on the Fens--no very pleasant
job for any man."
Cleek whirled suddenly upon Borkins, who stood with bent head and pallid
face, biting his lips and twisting his hands together, while Cleek's
voice broke the perfect silence of the court. But thus taken by surprise,
he lifted his head, and his mouth opened.
The judge raised his hand.
"Is this true, my man?" he demanded.
Borkins's face went an ugly purplish-red. For a moment it looked as
though he were going to have an apoplectic fit.
"Yes--damn you all--yes!" he replied venomously. "That's how I did
it--though Gawd alone knows how he come to find it out! But the game's
up now, and it's no more use a-lyin'."
"Never a truer word spoken," returned Cleek, with a little triumphant
smile. "I must admit, your Lordship, that upon that one point I was a
little shaky. Borkins has irrefutably proved that my theory was correct.
I must say I am indebted to him." Again the little smile looped up one
corner of his face. "And I have but just a little bit more of the tale to
tell, and then--I must leave the rest of it in your infinitely more
capable hands.
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