After giving directions for the disposition of the bodies, I went on
deck. Mrs. Falchion was still there. Some one said to her: "Did you know
the man who committed suicide?"
"He was introduced to me last night by Dr. Marmion," she replied, and she
shuddered again, though her face showed no remarkable emotion. She had
had a shock to the senses, not to the heart.
When I came to her on the deck, Justine was saying to her: "Madame, you
should not have come. You should not see such painful things when you are
not well."
She did not reply to this. She looked up at me and said: "A strange whim,
to die in those fanciful rags. It is dreadful to see; but he had the
courage."
I replied: "They have as much courage who make men do such things and
then live on."
Then I told her briefly that I held the packet for her, that I guessed
what was in it, and that I would hand it to her later. I also said that
he had written to me the record of last night's meeting with her, and
that he had left a letter which was to be made public. As I said these
things we were walking the decks, and, because eyes were on both of us, I
tried to show nothing more unusual in manner than the bare tragedy might
account for.
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