“Probably by a fall from the cliff to the rocks below.”
“And the fall broke the manacle from the right wrist?”
“The broken manacle was never on the right wrist.”
“That’s merely conjecture,” said the lawyer.
“No; it’s certainty. A blow heavy enough to break that iron, old as it is, must have left a mark on the flesh. There was no mark.”
“Why should any one put one handcuff on a woman and leave the other dangling?”
“Suppose the other was not left dangling?”
“Where was it, then?”
“On the wrist of some other person, possibly.”
“A man had chained the woman to himself?” said Sedgwick incredulously.