[The Middle Temple Murder by J.S. Fletcher]@TWC D-Link bookThe Middle Temple Murder CHAPTER SIX 13/16
And all of a sudden this here man at my side, he jumps up with a sort of start and an exclamation, and----" Spargo lifted his hand.
He looked keenly at his visitor. "Now, you're absolutely sure about what you heard him exclaim ?" he asked.
"Quite sure about it? Because I see you are going to tell us what he did exclaim." "I'll tell you naught but what I'm certain of, sir," replied Webster. "What he said as he jumped up was 'Good God!' he says, sharp-like--and then he said a name, and I didn't right catch it, but it sounded like Danesworth, or Painesworth, or something of that sort--one of them there, or very like 'em, at any rate.
And then he rushed up to this here gentleman, and laid his hand on his arm--sudden-like." "And--the gentleman ?" asked Spargo, quietly. "Well, he seemed taken aback, sir.
He jumped.
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