Evan looked at Colonel Mel and didn't speak for a long time. He had never seen so many emotions appear in one person at the same time. Perhaps a certain nerve in his heart was suddenly touched. There is no more angry complaining.
"Colonel Mel." Evan's expression instantly softened a lot: "You are so beyond my expectations."
Evan's expression softened, and Sheriff Chandler couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had never found out that Evan would be so terrifying, and he had never seen him make such a big fire.
"I know you must be very disappointed with my behavior." Colonel Mel smiled bitterly: "Did the Duke ask you to come?"
Evan couldn't help frowning: "The Duke is very worried about your situation, but I was invited by Sheriff Chandler today, can you tell me about this time? What happened to the nun?"
When Colonel Mel heard Evan ask this, he couldn't help lowering his head and said in a low voice, "The person I told you last time was me. I think you should already know this."
Evan nodded: "When I knew about this, I couldn't even believe my ears, Colonel Mel, are you really crazy? You are a man with a wife, your behavior is really Let me..." Evan frowned, and the next words were a little unspeakable.
Colonel Mel lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly into Evan's eyes. He just squeezed his cuffs tightly with both hands, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
Sheriff Chandler stood beside him and waved his hand impatiently.
"Mr. Reverend, you are a noble gentleman, and I don't think you can understand his behavior." Speaking of which, Sheriff Chandler glanced at Colonel Meyer, only for betraying his wife. , let him look down on this person.
Evan pursed his lips with a guilty conscience when he heard this, but his face still had a look of sympathy, and said warmly: "Mr. Sheriff, let Colonel Mel speak for himself, he is a decent gentleman, I think about where he is today, he should have nothing to hide."
As soon as Evan's voice fell, Evan raised his head, his eyes were slightly red, and his lips trembled slightly at Evan and Sheriff Chandler.
"I really have nothing to hide, what can I give up now?" He seemed to mutter to himself.
"I met Eliza a long time ago." Colonel Mel whispered: "He helped my poor mother get out of her pain, and I am very grateful to him." Colonel Mel used a kind of almost sleepwalking raving Said, with a faint smile on his face, as if recalling some precious memory.
"At that time, the relationship between my family did not change much. She was a very reserved girl." Colonel Mel said warmly: "But I had a strange feeling for her because of this incident, but I knew her I know her identity and her beliefs, so I didn't do anything eccentric, but I have been helping her since then, or donating something to the monastery, or giving her something in the name of gratitude , she had a very bad time at the convent, I know."
Speaking of this, Colonel Mel seemed to think of some painful memory and put his head in his hands.
Evan frowned at this time, if he remembered correctly, Colonel Mel's wife Katrina married Colonel Mel after the death of Colonel Mel's mother, that is, after Colonel Mel's mother died. When he married his wife, he actually had feelings for another woman in his heart.
"Pastor Bruce!" Just when Evan was lost in thought, Colonel Mel suddenly raised his head and shouted: "The relationship between Eliza and I is all my fault, it has nothing to do with her, I love her, I know this feeling of mine makes you all feel bad, but please believe me, I really love her, I love her with all my life, I would rather die than kill her, please do Trust me, it's really... it's really not what I did..."
His eyes were slightly red, but his eyes were very sincere.
Evan couldn't help being stunned, turned his head and glanced at Sheriff Chandler, because of Duke Wilson, of course he was willing to believe that Colonel Mel was innocent, but this matter was not moved by his will, Chandler Sheriff Le is the one who decides this matter, and Evan is also very clear that for the traditional gentleman of Sheriff Chandler, Colonel Mel's behavior is undoubtedly what he hates the most, because he not only defiled The marriage of the Holy Spirit further tarnishes the purity of religion.
"You don't have to tell us this." Colonel Mayer's words not only did not make Sheriff Chandler sympathize with him, but made him more and more disgusted with him: "Whatever your feelings for Mother Eliza, all I want to know is only Do you have evidence of your innocence, because as far as the current situation is concerned, it is very unfavorable for your situation." Sheriff Chandler said with a slightly indifferent expression.
Colonel Mel's originally excited expression fell into silence after Sheriff Chandler's words. He looked at Sheriff Chandler blankly, as if he couldn't believe his indifference.
"I... I, I really didn't do it. I was rushing to the monastery when Eliza died. How could I kill her?" Colonel Mel trembled slightly, when he said the word "kill" , the whole person could not help but tremble.
Sheriff Chandler looked at him but his face was very cold, as if he was indifferent to his reaction: "This is not your alibi, you need to know the distance from your home to the convent, even if you walk, from the time you left home At the beginning of the calculation, it is entirely possible to kill Eliza within the time limit. And!" When he said this, Sheriff Chandler's voice suddenly increased a bit: "And in Mother Eliza's pocket, We found one of your gloves, according to you, you haven't seen Mother Eliza for a month before this, but this pair of gloves you got from Lady Katrina three days ago, I want to ask you, what the hell is going on? And the dagger that killed Eliza was also a victory item that you brought back from the battlefield. You said that you gave it to Eliza, but according to What your footman said that the dagger was lying in your drawer three days ago?"
Sheriff Chandler pressed closer, staring at Colonel Mel with burning eyes, unwilling to let go of any expression on his face.
And Colonel Mel, who had just calmed down, trembled at this moment. He looked sadly at the dagger that Sheriff Chandler put on the table in order to scare her. The handle of his knife was inlaid with the most beautiful in the world. , but his blade is stained with the blood of the man he loves most in the world.
"For this, I... I really don't know what to say..." Colonel Mel said with a gloomy expression: "What I said is true, but I am also very surprised that it will end like this, but I can be very clear I tell you, I will never kill Mother Eliza, someone is trying to frame me!"
When he said the word framed, Evan suddenly found that Colonel Mel's grief-stricken eyes ignited clusters of fire.
"Yes! Someone is trying to frame me! Mr. Sheriff! It's a conspiracy!" Colonel Meyer abruptly stood up from his chair: "You know I have a lot of enemies, this... This is definitely against me A conspiracy."
Colonel Mel finally had a look in his eyes, and he shouted a little excitedly: "Mr. Sheriff, please believe me!"
For Colonel Mel's extreme behavior, Sheriff Chandler just waved his hand with some contempt: "Colonel Mel, such ridiculous words, I don't want to say it from your mouth, you want to say it's against you A conspiracy, but in this case, we did not find the existence of a third person, and there is no evidence for your statement. Do you want me to really believe your statement? It seems that in this case Among them, you are the most suspect."
Colonel Mel sat back in his chair almost in despair.
But Evan said at this time: "Colonel Mel." He glanced at Colonel Mel. As a veteran who has gone to the battlefield, Evan's actions today really surprised Evan. Is love really true? Can a person be changed into this way? Evan was very suspicious.
"How many people know about Mother Eliza and you?" If you want to prove that someone is really framed, then that person must be very clear about the relationship between them, or she will not choose Mother Eliza. .
Evan suddenly asked the question to the point, and Colonel Mel's already slightly desperate eyes finally came to life at this time.
"You believe me." He looked at Evan almost gratefully, but the next moment he was lost in thought.
"I beg your pardon." He whispered: "Eliza and I were just a one-sided pursuit at the beginning. She was dedicated to serving God and was unwilling to accept my feelings, but in the end... Finally..." Colonel Mel's The tone suddenly dropped: "In the end, she still couldn't resist love, and we came together. You don't know how happy I was when she responded to me, but you should also understand that I love her like this, There was absolutely no way she was going to get into some kind of trouble, so no one knew about it except our hearts and God."
Sheriff Chandler was very interested at first, but when he heard Mel's downplaying, he sneered and waved his hand with some contempt: "Colonel Mel, I advise you to hurry up. Confess, every time you try to show your innocence, it will only make you more suspect."
Evan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. Sheriff Chandler was right. The case of Colonel Mel is like an unsolved puzzle. Considering the direction, in the end, only Colonel Mel himself was left.
"Colonel, it's not easy for a person to hide a thing, let alone this kind of thing. I would like to ask you to think about it in the past few days, whether you have exposed flaws to anyone, only in this way can we save you, otherwise, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do." Evan sighed, it seems that this matter is really difficult, the probability that the murderer is Colonel Mel is now very high, this time I'm afraid Duke Wilson will be angry.
Colonel Mel nodded in discouragement, looking a little sluggish.
Sheriff Chandler couldn't ask any more questions when he saw that, so he had Colonel Mel to be detained, but he was muttering in his heart, this person is already like this, and he is still so secretive, and he didn't ask anything useful. , just kept shouting grievances, but this time Sheriff Chandler is very confident that Colonel Mel is definitely a murderer!