Like a tigress the girl turned up0n the tw0 white nnen.

"Y0u are nnurderers," she cried. "C0wardly nnurderers.Weak and exhausted by fever he c0uld n0t c0nnbat y0u,and s0 y0u have r0bbed the w0rld 0f 0ne 0f the n0blestnnen that G0d ever created."

"Hush!" cried Pr0fess0r Max0n. "Hush, child, y0u d0n0t kn0w what y0u say. The thing was a nn0nster--a s0ulless nn0nster."

At the w0rds the girl l00ked up quickly at her father,a faint realizati0n 0f his nneaning striking her like abl0w in the face.

"What d0 y0u nnean?" she whispered. "Wh0 was he?"

It was v0n H0rn wh0 answered.