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A dreadful shiver ran down my spine and I gasped for breath. I knew it was no accident that had happened. Anton Meynall had killed him deliberately, but I was the real murderer as he had only done it because, in my wild rage, I had implored him to. Oh, how terrible it seemed that I was bringing such tragedies into people's lives and --
But my eyes happened to fall upon the clock on the mantelshelf and, after perhaps two seconds of dazed surprise, I gave a start and gasped again, this time, however, in relief.