Name: Six Seconds of Darkness — Chapter VIII
Author: Octavus Roy Cohen

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Octavus Roy Cohen, Six Seconds of Darkness — Chapter VIII (1918)

“ When she had gone, I asked Hamilton why he was so hard on the boy. ‘Denson,’ he said quietly, ‘you cannot understand. You may think it is—oh, any one of several things! You look at Harrelson through rose-coloured glasses. You like him for the very things I dislike in him. He is idealistic and impractical. He makes a pittance with his daubing, and will not work for a living. Why should I stand by and see such a girl throw herself away on that sort of man? ”

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Octavus Roy Cohen, Six Seconds of Darkness — Chapter VIII (1918)

“ He had invested twenty thousand dollars in the scheme. At any rate, the idea that Hamilton had robbed him of a fortune became a monomania with Badger. It has been growing worse and worse. Hamilton has tried every method of pacifying him, but the development of the mania has been shown by Badger’s increasingly ridiculous demands—he recently had been insisting that Hamilton pay him twenty-five thousand dollars! Absurd, of course.
“Until a couple of months ago Hamilton has been indulgent, has loaned the man money which he knew would never be returned, and has always granted him an audience. ”

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Octavus Roy Cohen, Six Seconds of Darkness — Chapter VIII (1918)

“ Denson tells me bears out my own theory to a certain extent.”
“Which is——”
“That Miss Duval really thinks she killed Hamilton.”
“But, good God,” burst out Denson querulously, “don’t you suppose that a person knows when he kills another? ”

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Octavus Roy Cohen, Six Seconds of Darkness — Chapter VIII (1918)

“ I don’t like him personally; but if he was half a man I wouldn’t stand in their way. But, by God,’ and he slammed his fist on the table, ‘so long as he remains as worthless as he is I’ll keep him out of this house, no matter to what lengths I’m forced! I assumed responsibility with that girl, and I’ll shoulder it in full.”
“It was, gentlemen,” continued Denson, “a rather embarrassing subject to me and to him. Especially as he knew that I am very fond of the lad and am familiar with his impulsive, headstrong nature. So I tried to turn the subject back to the Civic Reform League work. ”

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Octavus Roy Cohen, Six Seconds of Darkness — Chapter VIII (1918)

“ When we find out who turned off the lights and why, we’ll be closer to a solution. Until then—well, there is one thing certain, more than one person fired.”
“Yes,” said Hall, “three fired. We have the three revolvers—Mr. Hamilton’s, which both Miss Duval and Harrelson claim to have used; that of this man Hartigan, and Badger’s. All are police revolvers.”
“That’s a rather far-fetched coincidence, isn’t it?” questioned Denson.
“Ye-e-s; but so is the triple shooting. I gave Hamilton his weapon some time ago ”

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Octavus Roy Cohen, Six Seconds of Darkness — Chapter VIII (1918)

“ Both told of the killing, mentioned Red Hartigan as the murderer, described the finding of the evidence by the wonderful efforts of Chief of Detectives Rollins, and wound up with a statement that police headquarters refused to allow them to interview the man. ”

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