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Little Felix Babylon seemed to brace himself for the grasping of his monstrous idea. 'How could it possibly be done? he asked at length. 'Dimmock was poisoned. 'Yes, but you had Rocco here then, and Rocco was in the plot. It is conceivable that Rocco could have managed it barely conceivable. But without Rocco I cannot think it possible. I cannot even think that Jules would attempt it.
It was Theodore Racksole's. Two men entered, bearing a prone form on a stretcher, and Racksole followed them. Nella sprang up. Racksole stared to see his daughter. 'I didn't know you were in here, Nell. Here, to the two men, 'out again. 'Why! exclaimed Nella, gazing fearfully at the form on the stretcher, 'it's Mr Dimmock! 'It is, her father acquiesced. 'He's dead, he added laconically.
Now, as Racksole considered in detail the particular affair of Reginald Dimmock, deceased, he was struck by one point especially, to wit: Why had Dimmock and Jules manoeuvred to turn Nella Racksole out of Room No. 111 on that first night? That they had so manoeuvred, that the broken window-pane was not a mere accident, Racksole felt perfectly sure.
But if the maids annoyed Borkins, his patience reached its breaking point when Merriton paying a flying visit to town returned in company with a short, thickset person, who spoke with a harsh, cockney accent, and whom Merriton introduced as his "batman", "Whatever that might be," said Borkins, holding forth to Dimmock, one of the under-grooms.
I propose to escort you to a place of safety, and to keep you there till my operations are concluded, and the possibility of interference entirely removed. You spoke just now of murder. What a crude notion that was of yours! It is only the amateur who practises murder 'What about Reginald Dimmock? she interjected quickly. He paused gravely. 'Reginald Dimmock, he repeated.
First of all, that Miss Spencer, or whatever her wretched name is, mysteriously disappears. Then there was the stone thrown into your bedroom. Then I caught that rascal Jules conspiring with Dimmock at three o'clock in the morning.
'Lest my attitude might be open to misconstruction, Mr Dimmock, I may as well tell you that I have the most perfect confidence in my daughter, who is as well able to take care of herself as any woman I ever met, but since you entered it there have been one or two rather mysterious occurrences in this hotel. That is all. Feeling a draught of air on his shoulder, Racksole turned to the window.
Theodore Racksole walked away, and breakfasted upon one cup of tea and half a slice of toast. At ten o'clock he was informed that the inspector of police desired to see him. The inspector had come, he said, to superintend the removal of the body of Reginald Dimmock to the mortuary adjoining the place of inquest, and a suitable vehicle waited at the back entrance of the hotel.
I could see Carnaby and Beatrice on horseback, and two girls I did not know with them; Cothope and three or four workmen I employed; my aunt and Mrs. Levinstein, who was staying with her, on foot, and Dimmock, the veterinary surgeon, and one or two others. My shadow moved a little to the north of them like the shadow of a fish.
'They say that he and several others are implicated in a murder case the murder of Reginald Dimmock. 'Truly? drawled Rocco, scarcely hiding a yawn. His indifference was so superb, so gorgeous, that Racksole instantly divined that it was assumed for the occasion. 'It seems that, after all, the police are good for something. But this is the first time I ever knew them to be worth their salt.
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