"And that is what our friend the Marchesino Ludovico is most
assuredly innocent of. I take note of your remark, Signor
Professore," said the lawyer.
"But one would think, that all the other persons on whom it is
possible that suspicion might rest, must be equally void of any such
knowledge," returned Tomosarchi.
"How do we know that? How can I tell what strange odds and ends of
knowledge this Venetian artist may have picked up. Artists,--they
have constantly more or less acquaintance with medical students, and
such like. Some knowledge of anatomy is needful to them in their
business. For my part, it seems to me very likely that this girl
might have such knowledge as would teach her so easy a way of
getting rid of her rival. Then you will observe that very little
physical strength was needed for the infliction of such a wound. It
might have been done perfectly easily by the hand of a young girl. I
declare it seems to me that the result of your examinations tends to
make it more probable than ever that the Venetian is the criminal."
"Well, it may be so. Certain it is, that no degree of strength
beyond what she, or any other such person could have exerted, was
needed for giving that death to a sleepy person. But it is equally
clear that a certain amount of special knowledge was required for
the purpose," rejoined the anatomist.
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