“I should say so, lieutenant, and by my hand, before his gun had cooled
off.”
The doctor did not wait for the questions which he read in the eyes of
his patient. He said at once,--
“It is as Lefloch says, my dear lieutenant; and, if you have not been
told anything about it, it was because the slightest excitement would
become fatal. Yesterday’s experience has only proved that too clearly.
Yes, the assassin is in jail.”
“And his account is made up,” growled the sailor.