Witness to the Deed

"Witness to the Deed" by George Manville Fenn

On the morning of his marriage to Myra Jerrold, Malcolm Stratton is confronted by a man claiming to be her husband, James Barron, a forger thought to be dead. These two men get into an altercation which leads to Barron being left for dead. Stratton hides out in his apartment in the aftermath as he tries to come to terms with what he's done and the implications it will have for his life.