“What makes you so positive, Carter? Tell me that.� The man was making a great effort to control himself, but all of that effort might easily have been attributable to the excitement and emotion of the moment, under the harrowing circumstances, and Nick Carter was perfectly well aware of that fact.
“There are many things that make me positive, Mr. Lynne.�
“The condition of the eyes alone?�
“No. Not that alone. There are other things.�
“I will not go into them now, sir. You are too greatly excited by all that has taken place since last night.�
“But tell me. Tell me.�
“I will tell you after a little, Mr. Lynne. I think, just now, we had best call the coroner inside. He has been very patient.�
And, although Lynne tried to protest, Nick stepped past him to the door, opened it, and called to Doctor Kuhn to join them.
“I think,� the detective said, when the doctor entered the room, “that you had best give your first attention to Mr. Lynne; and if I may make a suggestion, it would be that he is ordered into another room to lie down while the chief of your police and you and I make what investigation we can in this room. Don’t you agree with me?�