|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: disfigured. Neither he nor anyone else suspected the real author
of the crime. It was believed that the unfortunate man had been
mistaken for some other person, and made by accident the victim
of an act of vengeance directed against another. Georges was
indeed all the widow's now, lodged in her own house to nurse and
care for. She undertook the duty with every appearance of
affectionate devotion. The unhappy patient was consumed with
gratitude for her untiring solicitude; thirty nights she spent by
his bedside. His belief in her was absolute. It was his own
wish that she alone should nurse him. His family were kept away,
any attempts his relatives or friends made to see or communicate
A Book of Remarkable Criminals |
