"
Mr. Bingle arose. He was very pale and shaken, but he managed to
control himself with remarkable fortitude.
"I have not told you that Agnes Glenn died of starvation--and carbolic
acid," he said slowly. "Have your detectives told you that?"
"Carbolic acid?" whispered Force, with staring eyes. "Starvation? Good
God, man--not that!"
"Yes--THAT! The Society found her when she was about gone. I was
notified. We were looking for a child. This baby of hers was then
about two years old. Mrs. Bingle and I went to the poor little flat
where they had found her, after the neighbours had told the police of
her plight. She was sick unto death. I said that we would care for her
baby as if it were our own. Then I made arrangements to have her
removed to a hospital at once. While we were out of the room, she took
the carbolic acid. That's the way it happened, Force. That was the end
of Agnes Glenn. She was a splendid character, Force. She did not
betray you. She stuck by you to the very end. She protected you a
great deal better than you protected her.
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