I killed John Barkley.

The man you've got in the guard-house, condemned to be hanged by the neck until he is dead, is innocent.

I understand.
It won't be nice for the Service to let it be known that a sergeant in His Majesty's Royal Mounted is an ordinary murderer, but--" "Not an ORDINARY murderer," interrupted Kedsty.

"As you have described it, the crime was deliberate--horrible and inexcusable to its last detail.

You were not moved by a sudden passion.