Chapter 11

           Inconnectionwiththeautopsyanditsresultstherewasadecidedset-back.Forwhilethejointreportofthefivedoctorsshowed:"Aninjurytothemouthandnose;thetipofthenoseappearstohavebeenslightlyflattened,thelipsswollen,onefronttoothslightlyloosened,andanabrasionofthemucousmembranewithinthelips"—allagreedthattheseinjurieswerebynomeansfatal.Thechiefinjurywastotheskull(theverythingwhichClydeinhisfirstconfessionhadmaintained),whichappearedtohavebeenseverelybruisedbyablowof"somesharpinstrument,"unfortunatelyinthisinstance,becauseoftheheavinessoftheblowoftheboat,"signsoffractureandinternalhaemorrhagewhichmighthaveproduceddeath."

           Butthelungswhenplacedinwater,sinkinganabsoluteproofthatRobertacouldnothavebeendeadwhenthrownintothewater,butaliveanddrowning,asClydehadmaintained.Andnoothersignsofviolenceorstruggle,althoughherarmsandfingersappearedtobesetinsuchawayastoindicatethatshemighthavebeenreachingorseekingtograspsomething.Thewaleoftheboat?Couldthatbe?MightClyde’sstory,afterall,concealatraceoftruth?Certainlythesecircumstancesseemedtofavorhimalittle.YetasMasonandtheothersagreed,allthesecircumstancesmostdistinctlyseemedtoprovethatalthoughhemightnothaveslainheroutrightbeforethrowingherintothewater,nonethelesshehadstruckherandthenhadthrownher,perhapsunconscious,intothewater.

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