The Storm Breaks by Arthur Gask — Read

Thanks to the influence of the Chief Constable, Larose was allowed to have his conversation with Eric Chalmers just out of earshot of the attendant warder, and, gaining his confidence with no difficulty, found him very much as he had expected from Dora's description he would, casual, bored and very tired of life, not worrying at all as to what might be going to happen to him. Indeed, he appeared to be deriving such satisfaction from the way the so detested doctor had come to his end that he admitted frankly that he was half-minded not to put up any defence and allow himself to be hanged for a murder he had not committed.

However, when Larose pulled him up very sharply and told him with the utmost sternness that there must be no nonsense like that, as, if he were found guilty, Dora was intending to come forward and confess everything, he changed his tune at once.