“Too strong—​eh!” said the doctor, looking up.

“I fancy so; but, of course, I may be mistaken.”

“But I tell you again I am not the man. I never passed under the name of Wagstaff—​never in my life. What proof have you of it?”

“That you will hear when the first examination takes place.”

“And when will that be?”

“To-morrow, I believe.”

“This is a false and malicious charge got up to ruin me.”

CHAPTER C.

THE INQUIRY—​THE END OF A MURDERER.

Although Doctor Bourne was what might be termed a black sheep, he was in a good position; he mixed with a respectable class of persons, and was in tolerably fair repute as a medical man.