CHAPTER 17Special Session
Gamadge said: “I mean that that having cleared the danger to Miss Malcolm out of the way—think what it would have meant if the police had found this and had asked questions!—we may now proceed to the main business of this meeting. You all realize that the murderer is with us here. Shall we—or rather will you—hold a court of your own? I must prosecute, but you are judge and jury. The defendant will offer us what extenuating circumstances there may be. You will then decide whether to call in the police and hand the accused over to justice, or to act in another way that I shall suggest.”
“An escape could be managed?” inquired Malcolm, looking about him with a smile.
“We haven’t reached that stage of the proceedings, Mr. Malcolm.”
Drummond got up again. “Are we to
