“But you did have him strong-armed out of an automobile in order to place him in an institution when you thought he was about to marry Emily Milicant.”
“I did that for his own good.”
“And your own good, your own advantage, didn’t enter into the matter at all?” Mason asked suavely.
Carrel hesitated a minute, fidgeted uneasily, then raised sullen eyes, and said, “No.”
“And you didn’t discuss with the other two relatives who cooperated with you in that action, the advisability of having your uncle committed to an institution so that you could prevent his marriage, prevent him making a valid will, and thereby insure your participation in the fruits of his lifelong savings?”
Carrel again fidgeted, and then said without looking up, “No.”
“There was no conversation to that effect?”
“No.”
“The matter wasn’t mentioned in your presence by any of the others?”
Again there was a long silence. Again Carrel answered without looking up, “No.”