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The old man sank his New Balance CM1600P face in his hands. "God help me!" he cried. "But I would not
have let the young man come to harm. I give you my word that I would have spoken
out if it went against him at the Assizes."
"I am glad to hear you say so," said Holmes gravely.
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it will break her heart when she hears that I am arrested."
"It may not come to that," said Holmes.
"What?"
"I am no official agent. I understand that it was your daughter whorequired my
presence here, and I am acting in her interests. Young McCarthy must be got off,
however."
"I am a dying man," said old Turner. "I have had diabetes for years. My doctor says it
is a question whether I shall live a month. Yet I would rather die under my own roof
than in a gaol."
Holmes rose and sat down at the table with his pen in his hand and a bundle of paper
before him. "Just tell us the truth," he said. "I shall jot down the facts. You will sign it,
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and Watson here can witness it. Then I c ould produce your confession at the last
extremity to save young McCarthy. I promise you that I shall not use it unless it is
absolutely needed."
"It's as well," said the old man; "it's a question whether I shall live to the Assizes, so it
matters little to me, but I should wish to spare Alice the shock. And now I will make
the thing clear to you; it has been a long time in the acting, but will not take me long
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