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A tall man neither broad nor slender half-and-half. Dressed in black from top to toe. A silk hat patent leather boots and muffled to the eyes in a white silk handkerchief." "Could you see his face?" asked Drillford. "Was he clean-shaved, or bearded, or what?" "I tell you he was muffled to the very eyes," answered Hyde.
"We'll make the most of all that," said Felpham. "But I gathered, from what you said just now to Drillford, that you know more about this case than you've let out. If it's in Hyde's favour " "I can't tell you what I know," answered Viner. "I do know some strange things, which will all come out in good time. If we bring the murder home to the right man, Hyde of course will be cleared.
"The man who murdered and robbed Ashton!" he answered. "And that man was not Hyde." "You'll have that to prove," retorted Drillford, derisively. "I know what a jury'll think with all this evidence before it!" "We shall prove a good many things that'll surprise you," said Viner quietly. "And you'll see, then, the foolishness of jumping at what seems to be an obvious conclusion."
"I'll tell you what they are when we've seen Drillford. I'm not alarmed about this discovery, Felpham. I think it may lead to finding the real murderer." "You see further than I do, then," muttered Felpham. "I only see that it's highly dangerous to Hyde's interests. And I want first-handed information about it."
"I'll send my own solicitor to you, Hyde, at once," said Viner. "Be absolutely frank with him about everything." When Viner was once more alone with Drillford, the two men looked at each other. "My own impression," said Viner, after a significant silence, "is that we have just heard the plain truth! I'm going to work on it, anyway." "In that case, Mr.
It's another likely thing for Hyde to possess, and to carry about, isn't it?" "And the same bitter, penetrating smell about it!" said Felpham. "Hyde, of course, if Drillford is correct, had all this paper in his pocket when he went into that shed," said Viner. "But I have a different idea, and a different theory.
And it all came about quite suddenly, this afternoon. Through your aunt, Mr. Viner Miss Penkridge. Smart lady, sir!" "My aunt!" exclaimed Viner. "Why, how on earth " "Some of your gentlemen had a conference with that fellow Cave at your house, after you left court this morning," said Drillford. "Miss Penkridge was present.
"The other question," said Drillford, "is this: Did he carry much on him in the way of valuables or money? I mean as a rule?" "He wore a very fine gold watch and chain," answered Mrs. Killenhall; "and as for money well, he always seemed to have a lot in his purse. And he wore two diamond rings very fine stones." "Just so!" murmured Drillford. "Set upon for the sake of those things, no doubt.
Killenhall and Cave at once denounced Cortelyon as the mainspring, and the woman, who's a regular coward, got me aside and offered to turn King's evidence, and whispered that Cortelyon actually killed Ashton himself, unaided, as he let him out of his back door into Lonsdale Passage!" "So that's settled!" exclaimed Viner. "Yes, I think so," agreed Drillford.
The only thing I can think of is this: I potter round old bookshops and curiosity-shops a good deal I may have seen this young fellow on some occasion of that sort." "Anyway," suggested Drillford, glancing over the particulars which he had written down, "you'd know him again if you saw him?" "Oh, certainly!" asserted Viner. "I should know him anywhere."
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