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"Do you consider, Doctor, that there is immediate danger?" the former asked. "Most certainly there is," I answered. "In that case it is clearly our duty, in the interests of justice, to take his statement," said the Inspector. DO YOU CONSIDER DOCTOR THAT THERE IS IMMEDIATE DANGER THE FORMER ASKED MOST CERTAINLY THERE IS I ANSWERED IN THAT CASE IT IS CLEARLY OUR DUTY IN THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE TO TAKE HIS STATEMENT SAID THE INSPECTOR
ith his manacled wrists towards his chest. I did so; and became at once conscious of an extraordinary throbbing and commotion which was going on inside. The walls of his chest seemed to thrill and quiver as a frail building would do inside when some powerful engine was at work. In the silence of the room I could hear a dull humming and buzzing noise which proceeded from the same source. “Why,” I cried, “you have an aortic aneurism!” “That’s what they call it,” he said, placidly. “I went to a Doctor last week about it, and he told me that it is bound to burst before many days passed. It has been getting worse for years. I got it from over-exposure and under-feeding among the Salt Lake Mountains. I’ve done my work now, and I don’t care how soon I go, but I should like to leave some account of the business behind me. I don’t want to be remembered as a common cut-throat.” The Inspector and the two detectives had a hurried discussion as to the advisability of allowing him to tell his story. E SAID WITH A SMILE MOTIONING WITH HIS MANACLED WRISTS TOWARDS HIS CHEST I DID SO AND BECAME AT ONCE CONSCIOUS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY THROBBING AND COMMOTION WHICH WAS GOING ON INSIDE THE WALLS OF HIS CHEST SEEMED TO THRILL AND QUIVER AS A FRAIL BUILDING WOULD DO INSIDE WHEN SOME POWERFUL ENGINE WAS AT WORK IN THE SILENCE OF THE ROOM I COULD HEAR A DULL HUMMING AND BUZZING NOISE WHICH PROCEEDED FROM THE SAME SOURCE WHY I CRIED YOU HAVE AN AOTIC ANEURISM THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT HE SAID PLACIDLY I WENT TO A DOCTOR LAST WEEK ABOUT IT AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT IS BOUND TO BURST BEFORE MANY DAYS PASSED IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE FOR YEARS I GOT IT FROM OVER EXPOSURE AND UNDERFEEDING AMONG THE SALT LAKE MOUNTAINS I'VE DONE MY WORK NOW AND I DON'T CARE HOW SOON I GO BUT I SHOULD LIKE TO LEAVE SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BUSINESS BEHIND ME I DON'T WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A COMMON CUT THROW THE INSPECTOR AND THE TWO DETECTIVES HAD A HURRIED DISCUSSION AS TO THE ADVISABILITY OF ALLOWING HIM TO TELL HIS STORY
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