Chapter 51

For Mr. Robinson was thinking, amongst other things, of the approaching death of the Professor, which would scarcely have been comforting to the principal actor in the performance. And Professor Goodman--who might have been expected to be thinking of nothing but his approaching reunion with his wife--had, sad to relate, completely forgotten the lady's existence. His mind was engrossed with something quite different. For when a man who is undoubtedly mad--so mad, in fact, that in a fit of homicidal mania he has j…