of that person does not show them, then clearly that document is
a forgery.

"Now, in these two specimens of handwriting which we have
enlarged it is plain that the writers of both of them suffered
from a certain peculiar disease of the heart. Moreover, I am
prepared to show that the pulse beats exhibited in the case of
certain pen-strokes in one of these documents are exhibited in
similar strokes in the other. Furthermore, I have ascertained
from his family physician, whose affidavit I have here, that Mr.
Bisbee did not suffer from this or any other form of heart
disease. Mr. Caswell-Jones, in addition to wiring me that he
refused to write Bridget Fallon a recommendation after the
typhoid broke out in his country house, also says he does not
suffer from heart disease in any form. From the tremulous
character of the letters and figures in both these documents,
which when magnified is the more easily detected, I therefore
conclude that both are forgeries, and I am ready to go farther
and say that they are forgeries from the same hand.

"It usually takes a couple of weeks after infection for typhoid
to develop, a time sufficient in itself to remove suspicion from
acts which might otherwise be scrutinised very carefully if
happening immediately before the disease developed. I may add,
also, that it is well known that stout people do very poorly when
they contract typhoid, especially if they are old. Mr. Bisbee was
both stout and old. To contract typhoid was for him a virtual
death-warrant. Knowing all these facts, a certain person
purposely sought out a crafty means of introducing typhoid fever
into Mr. Bisbee's family. That person, furthermore, was