But Albert Graumann had learned his lesson. And he told Muller
himself that the few days of life which might remain to him were a
gift to him from the detective. He felt that his weak heart would
not have stood the strain and the disgrace of an open trial, even
if that trial ended in acquittal. Two months later he was found
dead in his bed, a calm smile on his lips.
Before he died he had learned that it was the undaunted courage of
his timid little old aunt that had brought Muller to take charge of
the case and to free her beloved nephew from the dreaded prison.
And the last days that these two passed together were very happy.
But as aforesaid, Muller refuses to have this case included in the
list of his successes. He did not change the ultimate result, he
merely anticipated it, he says.
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