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The next day saw me at police headquarters begging an interview from the / inspector, with the intention of confiding to him a theory which must either / cost me his sympathy or open the way to a new inquiry, which I felt sure would / lead to Mr. Durand's complete exoneration.
I chose this gentleman for my confidant, from among all those with whom I had / been brought in contact by my position as witness in a case of this magnitude, / first, because he had been present at the most tragic moment of my life, and / secondly, because I was conscious of a sympathetic bond between us which would / insure me a kind hearing. However ridiculous my idea might appear to him, I was / assured that he would treat me with consideration and not visit whatever folly / I might be guilty of on the head of him for whom I risked my reputation for / good sense.