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"You have already benefited," he said shortly, "more than you could have hoped." There was an awkward pause; then Milsom asked: "What effect is it going to have upon this country?" "It will ruin England," said van Heerden fervently, and the old criminal's eyes narrowed. "'Umph!" he said again, and there was a note in his voice which made van Heerden look at him quickly.
"Put on your hat and coat," he repeated calmly, "and don't talk nonsense. You don't suppose that I have risked all that I have risked to let you go at this hour." "Dr. van Heerden," she said, "if you have any spark of decency or manhood you will leave me." He laughed a little. "Now you are talking like a heroine of Lyceum drama," he said.
"I tell you I know Punsonby's I've had the best accountants in London working out your position, and I know you live from hand to mouth and that the margin between your business and bankruptcy is as near as the margin between you and prison." Mr. White was very pale. "But that isn't my business and I dare say that the money van Heerden paid you this morning will stave off your creditors.
"Our only danger for the moment is this man Beale, but he knows nothing, and so long as we only have him guessing there is no great harm done and, anyway, he hasn't much longer to guess." "It seems much too simple," said Milsom, shaking his head. Van Heerden had heard a footfall in the hall, stepped quickly to the door and opened it. "Well, Gregory?" he said.
The only evidence you could convict van Heerden on is proof that he brought with him cyanide tablets which he slipped into Prédeaux's pocket. No, we can prove nothing." "What is your theory in connection with the crime?" "I have many theories," said Mr. Beale, rising and pacing the room, "and one certainty. I am satisfied that Millinborn was killed by Doctor van Heerden.
"Everything depends on the system that van Heerden has adopted," replied Beale, "he is the sort of man who would keep everything in his own hands. If he has done that, and we catch him, we may prevent a world catastrophe." At the hotel they found Kitson waiting in the vestibule.
"Yes, I know pretty well," he said, "and in course of time you will know, too." The detective was glancing over the newspaper account. "I see the jury returned a verdict of 'Suicide whilst of unsound mind!" he said. "This case ought to injure van Heerden, anyway."
Van Heerden jumped down and assisted her to alight. The house was in darkness, but as they reached the door it was opened. "Go in," said van Heerden, and pushed her ahead. She found herself in an old-fashioned hall, the walls panelled of oak, the floor made of closely mortised stone flags. She recognized the man who had admitted them as one of those she had seen in her flat that same night.
Whatever the scheme is, it is being worked in London, and van Heerden is the chief operator." He took down his hat and went out in search of Kitson, whom he found in the lobby of the hotel. James Kitson came toward him eagerly. "Have you news of Beale?" "He was at Kingston this morning," said McNorton, "with Parson Homo, but he had left.
She had spent the night dozing in a rocking-chair and at the first light of day she had bathed and redressed ready for any emergency. She had not heard any sound during the night and she guessed that van Heerden had returned to London.
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