“But this man was a criminal .”
“Yes wasn’t it abominable. Poor man. The two doctors who saw my arm later said that many limbs have been lost for less. He counted on my being in such good health. He told Mrs. Bailey I was in splendid health. But he sent in a big bill.”
“I sincerely trust you did not pay this.”
“I sent him a description of his operation, told him the result and said that my friends considered that I ought to prosecute him.”
“Certainly it was your duty.”
“I don’t know. I hate cornering people. It would not have made him different and I am no better than he is.”
“That is a most extraordinary point of view.”
“I was sorry afterwards that I had written like that.”
“Why?”
“Because he threw himself into Dublin Harbour a year later. He must have been in fearful difficulties.”