The one thing which I shall not tell you is WHY I killed him.

But it was a sufficient reason." He saw the shuddering tremor that swept through the shoulders of the girl who was putting down the condemning notes.
"And you refuse to confess your motive ?" "Absolutely--except that he had wronged me in a way that deserved death." "And you make this confession knowing that you are about to die ?" The flicker of a smile passed over Kent's lips.

He looked at O'Connor and for an instant saw in O'Connor's eyes a flash of their old comradeship.
"Yes.

Dr.Cardigan has told me.

Otherwise I should have let the man in the guard-house hang.