[The House by the Church-Yard by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]@TWC D-Link bookThe House by the Church-Yard CHAPTER XCV 3/9
Mr. Dangerfield, as you call him, has not left the country; and though he's arrested, 'tisn't for debt.
If he owes you the money, 'tis your own fault if you don't make him pay it, for I'm credibly informed he's worth more than a hundred thousand pounds.' 'And where is he, Sir ?' demanded Black Dillon, much more cheerfully and amicably.
'I hope I see you well, Doctor Toole.' That learned person acknowledged the somewhat tardy courtesy, and Lowe made answer: 'He lies in the county gaol, Sir, on a serious criminal charge; but a line from me, Sir, will, I think, gain you admission to him forthwith.' 'I'll be much obliged for it, Sir,' answered Dillon.
'What o'clock is it ?' he asked of Toole; for though it is believed he owned a watch, it was sometimes not about him; and while Lowe scribbled a note, Toole asked in a dignified way-- 'Have you seen our patient, Sir ?' 'Not I.Didn't I see him last night? The man's dead.
He's in the last stage of exhaustion with an inflammatory pulse.
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