Thinking it was an unpleasant task which could not be put off any longer, he walked again to Potter’s house.
There was no sign of anyone about so he opened the door and walked in.
He half expected that having heard of his arrival, Potter would have moved into the room that he used as an office. He would be trying to hide the evidence of his crimes.
However when the Marquis opened the door, the room was exactly as it had looked yesterday. He therefore turned to the other door opposite.
Potter was still in the chair in which he had seen him with his gouty foot raised onto a footstool.
As the Marquis moved a little closer he realised with a sense of shock that the man was dead.
There was a revolver in his hand and he had shot himself through the mouth. His face was not marked and only t
