But when Gideon showed him the old medical notebook, Arthur’s expression changed.
“I remember the case,” he said.
He opened a locked cabinet and removed a bundle of documents.
“Your father came to me in the winter of 1884. He wanted a statement prepared concerning an accident involving a medical device. He said his son had been injured during a private experiment conducted by Dr. Vane.”
Gideon read the clerk’s written summary.
The guardian accepts responsibility for the child’s care and agrees that no further legal action will be pursued against the physician.
Rosalie frowned.
“Why would his father agree to that?”
Arthur looked uncomfortable.
“Because Dr. Vane threatened to expose something about Edmund’s business dealings.”
He laid another document on the table.
It showed that Edmund Rook had borrowed a large sum of money from investors to finance his experiments. When the work failed, he faced financial ruin.
Silas Vane had apparently threatened to reveal that Edmund had falsified reports and misused funds.
