“‘Why not be reasonable? You admit that I am in a mess of it?’
“‘Readily.’
“‘You also admit that my life is morally my own?’
“‘Equally.’
“‘That its continuance could in no wise prove to be of benefit to society?’
“‘I do.’
“‘That for all connected with me it is better that I should die unknown and under an assumed name?’
“‘Yes.’
“‘Then you admit also that the best I can do is to kill myself before reaching London?’
“‘Perhaps.’