"Dear me! This is a very complicated case, and I should like to anatomize it extremely, but the people are so prejudiced—I may say ignorant—that I am almost afraid you have done wrong."
"We can take it back when you're through with it, sir."
"I have a good mind to risk it."
Dr. Slasher eyed the corpse with an affectionate air.
Suddenly there was a noise in the street.
"What is all that?" he said, going to the window and looking out.
The uproar increased, and loud cries were raised, the doctor's name being easily distinguishable amid groans and hisses.
"They have found it out. The neighborhood is roused. The street is alive with people. I'm ruined!" exclaimed the doctor.
Bobsey and Tommy looked blankly at one another. No one spoke.
If the doctor was caught with the evidence of his guilt on the table before him, the people would believe him to be a body snatcher, and perhaps handle him roughly.