Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Black Doctor

           Severalwitnesseswereputuptosweartotheintemperateexpressionswhichtheyoungsquirehadbeenheardtoutteraboutthedoctor,andthefierymannerinwhichheresentedtheallegedill-treatmentofhissister.Mrs.Maddingrepeatedherevidenceastothevisitwhichhadbeenpaidlateatnightbytheprisonertothedeceased,anditwasshownbyanotherwitnessthattheprisonerwasawarethatthedoctorwasinthehabitofsittingupaloneinthisisolatedwingofthehouse,andthathehadchosenthisverylatehourtocallbecauseheknewthathisvictimwouldthenbeathismercy.Aservantatthesquire’shousewascompelledtoadmitthathehadheardhismasterreturnaboutthreethatmorning,whichcorroboratedMrs.Madding’sstatementthatshehadseenhimamongthelaurelbushesnearthegateupontheoccasionofhersecondvisit.Themuddybootsandanallegedsimilarityinthefootprintsweredulydweltupon,anditwasfeltwhenthecasefortheprosecutionhadbeenpresentedthat,howevercircumstantialitmightbe,itwasnonethelesssocompleteandsoconvincing,thatthefateoftheprisonerwassealed,unlesssomethingquiteunexpectedshouldbedisclosedbythedefence.Itwasthreeo’clockwhentheprosecutionclosed.Athalf-pastfour,whenthecourtrose,anewandunlooked-fordevelopmenthadoccurred.Iextracttheincident,orpartofit,fromthejournalwhichIhavealreadymentioned,omittingthepreliminaryobservationsofthecounsel.

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