So, from all appearance, everything is ended; not
so, for before dying Rosanna sends for Brian Fitzgerald at his club,
and reveals to him a secret which he locks up in his own heart. The
writer of this letter has a theory--a fanciful one, if you will--that
the secret told to Brian Fitzgerald contains the mystery of Oliver
Whyte's death. Now then, have I not found out a good deal without you,
and do you still decline to reveal the rest? I do not say you know who
killed Whyte, but I do say you know sufficient to lead to the detection
of the murderer. If you tell me, so much the better, both for your own
sense of justice and for your peace of mind; if you do not--well, I
shall find out without you. I have taken, and still take, a great
interest in this strange case, and I have sworn to bring the murderer
to justice; so I make this last appeal to you to tell me what you know.
If you refuse, I will set to work to find out all about Rosanna Moore
prior to her departure from Australia in 1858, and I am certain sooner
or later to discover the secret which led to Whyte's murder. If there
is any strong reason why it should be kept silent, I perhaps, will come
round to your view, and let the matter drop; but if I have to find it
out myself, the murderer of Oliver Whyte need expect no mercy at my
hands So think over what I have said; if I do not hear from you within
the next week, I shall regard your decision as final, and pursue the
search myself.
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