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`` It 's a wicked lie ! '' blurted forth the girl . `` Hugh never attempted to kill the woman ! '' Sherrard looked straight into her blue eyes , and asked : `` Then why was he in her room at midnight ? They say the reason Henfrey is hard-up is because he spent all he possessed upon the woman , and on going there that night she laughed him to scorn and told him she had grown fond of a rich Austrian banker . After mutual recriminations , Henfrey , knowing the woman had ruined him , drew out a revolver and shot her . '' `` I tell you it 's an abominable lie !