He only shook his head when he looked at her as if there was no hope.

Having nobody else to consult that I could put trust in, I showed him the end of the cravat, and told him of the dreadful suspicion that had arisen in my mind when I found it in her hand.
"You must keep it carefully, and produce it at the inquest," he said.
"I don't know, though, that it is likely to lead to anything.

The bit of stuff may have been lying on the pavement near her, and her hand may have unconsciously clutched it when she fell.

Was she subject to fainting-fits ?" "Not more so, sir, than other young girls who are hard-worked and anxious, and weakly from poor living," I answered.
"I can't say that she may not have got that blow from a fall," the doctor went on, locking at her temple again.

"I can't say that it presents any positive appearance of having been inflicted by another person.