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It was almost identical with this affair , and there was not the slightest doubt that he was guilty . Why , he confessed it to the chaplain afterwards . You must remember that Stepaside was in a mad passion at the time . Besides , you see , he 's never accounted for those hours between midnight and six in the morning ! '' `` Yes , but no prisoner charged for murder is obliged to account for his time . '' `` Exactly , but a jury has to give its verdict upon evidence . And remember this , too , '' and Mr. Bakewell would not perhaps have spoken so freely had his tongue not been unloosed by the generous wine he had been drinking .