It was clearly and unmistakably his earlier voice, but in it was intermingled, as if from below, an irrepressibly painful squeaking, which left the words positively distinct only in the first moment and distorted them in the reverberation, so that one didn't know if one had heard correctly.
Chceš říct, že Betty Sizemoreová,... se kterou jsi chodil do sboru...... si najala někoho, kdo před ní skalpoval jejího vlastního muže?QED QED