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"Do you mean to say that Captain Garret murdered Moxton? " asked Ellis, in amazement, looking from the confession to Schwartz. In his excitement he had reverted to English.
"Hush! hush! " replied Schwartz, with an apprehensive look round. "Speak in my language, doctor. Yes, Garret is the criminal. I have known it for some time, ever since I found the pocket-book, and yesterday, on seeing in what a very dangerous position I was placed, I insisted that he should write out a confession of the truth. There it is, doctor; and a great deal of money it has cost me."