After falling into a sound sleep by night.
she recovered her equanimity, and the two began to converse
seriously on what they had seen. Mrs. Calvert averred that the
young man who passed next to the window was the very man
who stabbed George Colwan in the back, and she said she was
willing to take her oath on it at any time when required, and was
certain, if the wretch Ridsley saw him, that he would make oath
to the same purport, for that his walk was so peculiar no one of
common discernment could mistake it.
Mrs. Logan was in great agitation, and said: "It is what I have
suspected all along, and what I am sure my late master and
benefactor was persuaded of, and the horror of such an idea cut
short his days. That wretch, Mrs. Calvert, is the born brother of
him he murdered, sons of the same mother they were, whether or
not of the same father, the Lord only knows. But, Oh, Mrs.
Calvert, that is not the main thing that has discomposed me, and
shaken my nerves to pieces at this time. Who do you think the
young man was who walked in his company to-night?"
"I cannot for my life recollect, but am convinced I have seen the
same fine form and face before.
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