Henshaw turned to Kelson. "And you, sir; have you any idea beyond the
known facts?"
"None," was the answer, "except that he took his own life. The door
locked on--"
Henshaw interrupted him sharply. "Now you are getting back to the facts,
Captain Kelson. I tell you the idea of my brother Clement taking his own
life is to me absolutely inconceivable. Have you any idea, however
far-fetched, as to what really may have happened?"
Kelson shook his head. "None. Except I must say he looked to me the last
man who would do such an act."
"I should think so," Henshaw returned decidedly. Then he addressed
himself to Gifford. "I must ask you, sir, the same question."
"And I can give you no more satisfactory answer," Gifford said.
"As a man with knowledge of the world as I take you to be?" Henshaw
urged keenly.
"No."
"At least you agree with your friend here, that my poor brother did not
strike one as being a man liable to make away with himself?"
"Certainly. But one can never tell. I knew nothing of him or his
affairs."
"But I did," Henshaw retorted vehemently. "And I tell you, gentlemen, the
thing is utterly impossible.
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