from one of the young doctors in whom I have confidence. He told me...\" For the moment Mr. Portal seemed to be unable to continue. \"He told me,\" he said brokenly, \"that a story was going around that I, actuated by a mean jealousy of a brilliant rising man, had procured the death of Edgar McComb!\"
Mme. Storey and I gazed at him incredulously. It seemed impossible to believe that one whom the whole world looked upon as the
from one of the young doctors in whom I have confidence. He told me...\" For the moment Mr. Portal seemed to be unable to continue. \"He told me,\" he said brokenly, \"that a story was going around that I, actuated by a mean jealousy of a brilliant rising man, had procured the death of Edgar McComb!\"
Mme. Storey and I gazed at him incredulously. It seemed impossible to believe that one whom the whole world looked upon as the
