"The doctor at once-bring in the nurse," said Calhoun. "She's dying."
An instant later, the nurse entered with Sheila, and in a short time the
doctor came.
When later the doctor saw Lord Mallow alone he said: "She can't live more
than two days."
"That's good for her in a way," answered the governor, and in reply to
the doctor's question why, he said: "Because she'd be in prison."
"In prison--has she broken the law?"
"She is now under arrest, though she doesn't know it.
"What was her crime, your honour?"
"She killed a man."
"What man?"
"Him for whom Dyck Calhoun was sent to prison--Erris Boyne."
"Mr. Calhoun was not guilty, then?"
"No. As soon as the woman is dead, I mean to announce the truth."
"Not till then, your honour?"
"Not till then."
"It's hard on Calhoun."
"Is it? It's years since he was tried and condemned. Two days cannot
matter now."
"Perhaps not. Last night the woman said to me: 'I'm glad I'm going to
die.'" Then he added: "Calhoun will be more popular than ever now."
The governor winced.
CHAPTER XXV
THEN WHAT HAPPENED
An hour after Noreen Boyne had been laid in her grave, there was a
special issue of the principal paper telling all the true facts of the
death of Erris Boyne.
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