Stottered

• stuttered → HCE is a stutterer, which is a sign of his guilt

• stotter: to stumble, stagger

• He stottered from the latter: He tottered from the ladder

• He stottered from the latter: He stuttered from the letter → ALP's letter

• stottern: (German) to stutter

• Finnegan's Wake: (song) "He fell from the ladder and broke his skull"

• støtter: (Danish) supports, pillars