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If he was wearing the scarab when he arrived at Mr. Hurst's house, it would be certain that he went there first; but if it was not then on his watch-chain, a probability would be established that he went first to Woodford.
If you had been in Hurst's place, how would you have gone to work?" Thorndyke smiled at the bluntness of my question. "You are asking me for an incriminating statement," said he, "delivered in the presence of a witness too.
"Assuming," said I, "for the sake of argument, that Hurst did murder him and that the body was concealed in the study at the time the search was made. How could it have been disposed of? If you had been in Hurst's place, how would you have gone to work?" Thorndyke smiled at the bluntness of my question.
You should have gone up to the organist, stated the case, and had another anthem put up." "But, sir, I was expecting Bywater in every minute. I thought he'd be sure to find his surplice somewhere," was Hurst's defence.
Jellicoe. "But the circumstances were surely rather mysterious." "What circumstances?" asked Mr. Jellicoe. "I mean the way in which he vanished from Mr. Hurst's house." "In what way did he vanish from it?" "Well, of course, I don't know." "Precisely. Neither do I. Therefore I can't say whether that way was a mysterious one or not."
By consequence, Harry was in the state of sensitive affection and desolation to which a promising new object makes the most moving appeal. Harry did not at first recognize this resemblance, but he grew to see it; and, combined with the dog's affectionate disposition, it softened his heart. By the time he told his mother he was come to quoting Hurst's adjectives as his own.
I knew that Hurst had changed his servants since I was last at his house, and I knew his habits. On that day I took the suit-case to Charing Cross and deposited it in the cloak-room, called at Hurst's office to make sure that he was there, and went from thence direct to Cannon Street and caught the train to Eltham.
By the provisions of that will I stood an excellent chance of becoming virtually the principal beneficiary, unless Godfrey should contest Hurst's claim and the Court should override the conditions of clause two. "You will now understand the motives which governed my subsequent actions.
"Hence, after carefully considering this part of the newspaper report, I came to the conclusion that the mysterious occurrence at Mr. Hurst's house had only one reasonable explanation, namely, that the visitor was not John Bellingham, but someone personating him; and that that someone was Mr. Jellicoe.
By the provisions of that will I stood an excellent chance of becoming virtually the principal beneficiary, unless Godfrey should contest Hurst's claim and the Court should override the conditions of clause two. "You will now understand the motives which governed my subsequent actions.
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