He was a medical man of unimpeachable authority, in fact, absolutely at the head of his profession in Dublin.

What he said practically corroborated Mary Sullivan's testimony.

He had gone in to see Mr.Brooks at half-past four, and understood from him that his lawyer had just left him.
"Mr.Brooks certainly, though terribly weak, was calm and more composed.
He was dying from a sudden heart attack, and Dr.Mulligan foresaw the almost immediate end.

But he was still conscious and managed to murmur feebly: 'I feel much easier in my mind now, doctor--have made my will--Wethered has been--he's got it in his pocket--it is safe there--safe from that--' But the words died on his lips, and after that he spoke but little.

He saw his two sons before he died, but hardly knew them or even looked at them.
"You see," concluded the man in the corner, "you see that the prosecution was bound to collapse.