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"Lengthy" was the son of "Gaffer," "The Cub-Slut's" protector, and some people imagined that she had persuaded "Driveller" to commit the crime; but the members of the Workmen's Club continued to believe that it was a case of clerical revenge. In the month of June, Caesar and Amparito went to Castro Duro.
Such rude candour on "The Cub-Slut's" part had made her feared; so that nobody durst provoke her in the slightest degree. Besides, her history and her misfortune were known and people knew that she was not a vicious woman, but rather a victim of fate. The assassination of "Lengthy" was one of those events that are not forgotten in a town.
He had a mother and two sisters who were seamstresses, whom he exploited, and he lived with a tavern-keeper nicknamed "The Cub-Slut," a buxom, malicious woman, who said horrible things about everybody. There were reasons for "The Cub-Slut's" being what she was. Her parents being dead when she was a baby, having no relatives she had been left deserted.
The judge who went to take depositions learned from the chauffeur that Caesar had received a letter as he was getting into the car. He had the wounded man's clothes searched, and they found "The Cub-Slut's" letter, in which she warned Caesar of the danger he was in. Fate had kept Caesar from reading it. The news that Caesar was seriously wounded ran through the town like a train of powder.
"The Cub-Slut's" eyes flashed. "Is what they say about you true?" asked Caesar. "Yes." "The dead boy was the son of the man that sold you?" "Yes." "But to revenge oneself on the son for the sin of the father is horrible." "The son was just as wicked as the father." "So that you ordered him killed?" "Yes, I did." "And you come and tell that to me, when I am to be the private attorney."
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