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Take it how you will, this case is a corker and no mistake. It had certainly occurred to Tinkler's bothered mind that Miss Whichello should be called as a witness, if only to prove that at one time the dead man had occupied a better position in the world, but after a short interview with her he had abandoned this idea.
If you listen you will hear a hushed noise as of the swaying in trees or a ripple on the sea. It is the sound of the rising of burns, which, innumerable and unnumbered, flow thence to the silent glens for evermore. "Whereupon the Faas, coming down from the Gates of Galloway, did so bewitch my lady that she forgat husband and kin, and followed the tinkler's piping."
The royal salute of British journalism thundered the announcement of Tinkler's staleness before a people prostrate on the national betting book. Divested of exaggeration, the facts were few enough and simple enough. A famous Athletic Association of the North had challenged a famous Athletic Association of the South.
'Yes, his brains are more equal than Tinkler's to the task of solving the riddle. 'He won't arrest Gabriel, I hope, said George, anxiously. 'Not unless he is absolutely certain that Gabriel committed the crime; and I am satisfied that he will never arrive at that certainty. 'I should think not, cried Captain Pendle, with disdain. 'Gabriel, poor boy, would not kill a fly, let alone a man.
And Tinkler's lungs had suddenly given way under stress of training! The "South" could produce no second opponent worthy of the North out of its own associated resources. Surveying the athletic world in general, but one man existed who might possibly replace "Tinkler" and it was doubtful, in the last degree, whether he would consent to come forward under the circumstances.
In the face of this choice proverb Mr Cargrim beat a hasty retreat. Altogether Miss Whichello was too much for him; and for once in his life he was at a loss how to gloss over his defeat. Not until he was in Tinkler's office did he recover his feeling of superiority. With a man especially with a social inferior he felt that he could deal; but who can contend with a woman's tongue?
While the wickedness and fate of Mosk were being discussed and settled in Inspector Tinkler's office, Bishop Pendle was meditating on a very important subject, important both to his domestic circle and to the wider claims of his exalted position.
"Why," said he, his face brightening with joyous recognition, "my Tinkler's got this on it just the very moral of it, so 'e 'as."
'The gipsies have horses to draw their caravans! interrupted a sharp-looking juryman. 'To draw their caravans I admit, said the undaunted Tinkler, 'but not to ride on. Besides, I would remind you, Mr Jobson, as Mother Jael declares, that none of her crowd left the camp on that night. 'Oh, she'd declare anything, muttered Jobson, who had no great opinion of Tinkler's brains.
'The bishop, continued the narrator, with a covert smile at Tinkler's unnecessary scribbling, 'was apparently sorry to see an old friend in a homeless and penniless condition, for to help him on in the world he gave him the sum of two hundred pounds. 'That, declared Tinkler, throwing down his pen, 'is charity gone mad if' he emphasised the word 'if, mark me, it is true.
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