I told Lydia I was going to Paris, but in reality I was hunting for Rhoda, who had run away from Jersey Street.

I fancied she might betray us, and wished to make things safe with her.
Before I found her, however, I saw in the papers that Ferruci had committed suicide; also that Lydia--who had gone to Dover to meet me, thinking I was returning from Paris--had been arrested.

Then I saw Mrs.
Clear's advertisement saying she would betray me if I did not pay the money.

I consented to meet her in order to implore her silence, and so fell into the clutches of the law.
"I may state that I did not kill Clear, as I never saw him after nine o'clock, and then he was alive.

In spite of what the doctor said, I am still inclined to think he killed himself.