And
she had stepped back from him, startled, and had told him that she
was not St. Pierre's daughter, but his wife!
In the science of criminal analysis Carrigan always placed himself
in the position of the other man. And he was beginning to see the
present situation from the view-point of Jeanne Marie-Anne
Boulain. He was satisfied that she had made a desperate mistake
and that until the last moment she had believed it was another man
behind the rock. Yet she had shown no inclination to explain away
her error. She had definitely refused to make an explanation. And
it was simply a matter of common sense to concede that there must
be a powerful motive for her refusal. There was but one conclusion
for him to arrive at--the error which St. Pierre's wife had made
in shooting the wrong man was less important to her than keeping
the secret of why she had wanted to kill some other man.
David was not unconscious of the breach in his own armor. He had
weakened, just as the Superintendent of "N" Division had weakened
that day four years ago when they had almost quarreled over Carmin
Fanchet.
"I'll swear to Heaven she isn't bad, no matter what her brother
has been," McVane had said.
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