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"Well," replied Villiers, "he was an old college friend of mine." "You don't say so? WELL REPLIED VILLIERS HE WAS AN OLD COLLEGE FRIEND OF MINE YOU DON'T SAY SO
g left them helpless. An odd case, wasn’t it? But curiously enough, there’s something more that I haven’t told you. I happened to know one of the doctors who was consulted as to the cause of death, and some time after the inquest I met him, and asked him about it. ‘Do you really mean to tell me,’ I said, ‘that you were baffled by the case, that you actually don’t know what the man died of?’ ‘Pardon me,’ he replied, ‘I know perfectly well what caused death. Blank died of fright, of sheer, awful terror; I never saw features so hideously contorted in the entire course of my practice, and I have seen the faces of a whole host of dead.’ The doctor was usually a cool customer enough, and a certain vehemence in his manner struck me, but I couldn’t get anything more out of him. I suppose the Treasury didn’t see their way to prosecuting the Herberts for frightening a man to death; at any rate, nothing was done, and the case dropped out of men’s minds. Do you happen to know anything of Herbert?” Y INDICATIONS OF VIOLENCE OR POISONING LEFT THEM HELPLESS AN ODD CASE WASN'T IT BUT CURIOUSLY ENOUGH THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU I HAPPENED TO KNOW ONE OF THE DOCTORS WHO WAS CONSULTED AS TO THE CAUSE OF DEATH AND SOME TIME AFTER THE INQUEST I MET HIM AND ASKED HIM ABOUT IT DO YOU REALLY MEAN TO TELL ME I SAID THAT YOU WERE BAFFLED BY THE CASE THAT YOU ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAN DIED OF PARDON ME HE REPLIED I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHAT CAUSED DEATH BLANK DIED OF FRIGHT OF SHEER AWFUL TERROR I NEVER SAW FEATURES SO HIDEOUSLY CONTORTED IN THE ENTIRE COURSE OF MY PRACTICE AND I HAVE SEEN THE FACES OF A WHOLE HOST OF DEAD THE DOCTOR WAS USUALLY A COOL CUSTOMER ENOUGH AND A CERTAIN VEHEMENCE IN HIS MANNER STRUCK ME BUT I COULDN'T GET ANYTHING MORE OUT OF HIM I SUPPOSE THE TREASURY DIDN'T SEE THEIR WAY TO PROSECUTING THE HERBERTS FOR FRIGHTENING A MAN TO DEATH AT ANY RATE NOTHING WAS DONE AND THE CASE DROPPED OUT OF MEN'S MINDS DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW ANYTHING OF HERBERT
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