Chapter 37 fourth quarter

Despite being in shackles, Berndy managed to tear open the envelope with his teeth, unfolding the good-quality letter paper folded in three layers.After watching it for a few seconds, he felt as if he had been hit by a huge blow. He tore it in half, kicked the wall and the table frantically, and hit his head like a pendulum. Holmes watched as the corners of the paper curled up, slowly the edges caught fire, and the entire page was consumed in flames. He was thinking back to Lowell's emotional outburst, and Lowell's words didn't accurately hit his blind trust in Professor Webster fifteen years ago.In fact, Bostonians had gradually lost faith in the disgraced medical professor, but Holmes had no reason to do so.The day after George Parkman disappeared, he met Webster and told him about the mystery.Webster's demeanor was genial, without an iota of pretense on his face.It was later discovered that the rumors about Webster were fully consistent with the following facts: Parkman came to collect the debt, Webster paid him the debt, Parkman tore up the IOU, and Parkman left.Holmes made a donation to help pay for Webster's defense team, which he sent to Mrs. Webster in a letter of condolence.Holmes testified that Webster was a noble man and that his involvement in such a crime was absolutely unbelievable.He also explained to the jury that there was no way to conclude that the traces found in Webster's room had been left by Mr Parkman - they may or may not have been his.

Not that Holmes lacked empathy for Parkman.After all, George had been the most generous patron of the Faculty of Medicine, donating money for its facilities in North Grove Street, and even the Professorship of Anatomy and Physiology, which Dr. Holmes now holds, was He donated money to set up.Holmes even spoke in his honor at Parkman's memorial.Perhaps Parkman might have gone mad and wandered off in a trance.Guess the man is still alive, and here they are, on the most absurd circumstantial evidence, to hang one of their own!Could it be that the concierge, afraid of losing his job when poor Webster caught him gambling, took bone fragments from the medical school's plethora of experiments and placed them all over Webster's room, concocting a seemingly Is there another hidden scene?

Like Holmes, Webster was raised in a comfortable home and attended Harvard.Although they both practiced medicine, their relationship with each other was never particularly close.But from the day Webster was apprehended, and especially after the poor man had suffered so much from the disgrace he had brought to his family and attempted suicide by poisoning himself, Dr. Holmes felt that they were more connected than he was to any other The relationship between people must be close.Was it not possible to suddenly discover that he was himself the one who had fallen into a situation of imminent destruction?

Police tried to surround the scene but the rope wasn't long enough.In the Leverett Street Prison compound, every roof and window of the crowded building was crowded, and the prisoners watched intently.It was at this moment that Holmes felt an urge, to his own astonishment, to act instead of just watch, to address the mob.Yes, he's improvising a poem exposing the city's follies. "If Webster had to die today," Holmes told the publisher, "he'd die in a disgraceful way." He made his way toward the gallows.But when he saw the noose in the executioner's hand, he couldn't help but shuddered and stopped, and let out a suffocating asthma.

The crowd suddenly fell silent.Holmes stared without batting an eyelid at Webster as he staggered onto the gallows platform, a jailer gripping his arm. Holmes took a step back as one of Webster's daughters suddenly appeared, an envelope clutched to his chest. "Ah, Marianne!" Holmes exclaimed, and hugged the lovely little angel tightly in his arms. "Is this a letter from the governor?" Marianne Webster held out her hands and handed the letter to Holmes, saying, "Father wants you to read him before he dies, Dr. Holmes."