I was caught red-handed.

Now the right and the wrong of this affair with Professor Haskell I shall not discuss.

It was purely a private matter.

The point is, that in a surge of anger, obsessed by that catastrophic red wrath that has cursed me down the ages, I killed my fellow professor.

The court records show that I did; and, for once, I agree with the court records.
No; I am not to be hanged for his murder.