"
But Burke would be no longer restrained. He had listened with
increasing impatience to the diplomatic efforts of the District
Attorney, which had ended in total rout. Now, he insisted on
employing his own more drastic, and, as he believed, more
efficacious, methods. He stood up, and spoke in his most
threatening manner.
"You don't want to take us for fools, young man," he said, and
his big tones rumbled harshly through the room. "If you shot
Griggs in mistake for a burglar, why did you try to hide the
fact? Why did you pretend to me that you and your wife were
alone in the room--when you had *THAT there with you, eh? Why
didn't you call for help? Why didn't you call for the police, as
any honest man would naturally under such circumstances?"
The arraignment was severely logical. Dick showed his
appreciation of the justice of it in the whitening of his face,
nor did he try to answer the charges thus hurled at him.
The father, too, appreciated the gravity of the situation. His
face was working, as if toward tears.
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