Janet shook her head. "I think at the last he had some compunction for the way in which he had treated Laura. He believed that Zirknitz had killed him, and wished to give Laura power over him lest he should take her money." "That is not a very satisfactory explanation," said Cass, with a shrug. "But I suppose no other can be given. At all events, Zirknitz did get some of Laura's money." "Red money," said Mrs. Ellis, with a shudder; "the money of violence!" "Well, red money has done a lot for me," said the doctor, putting his arm round his wife's waist; "it has given me this ease and you." "Not me, Robert. I came to you of my own accord." "Dearest and best of women," said Ellis, and kissed her fondly. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Crimson Cryptogram, by Fergus Hume