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"Exactly," Thorndyke answered, "though we could hardly imagine a reasonably intelligent criminal adopting a watercress-bed as a hiding place. "No. That was certainly an error of judgment.
Then came the laborer who discovered the bones at Sidcup, and who repeated the evidence that he had given at the inquest, showing that the remains could not have been lying in the watercress-bed more than two years. Finally Dr. Summers was called, and, after he had given a brief description of the bones that he had examined, was asked by Mr. Loram: "You have heard the description that Mr.
It hints at tragedy, at mystery, at romance. It promises to bring into our grey and commonplace life that element of the dramatic which is the salt that our existence is savoured withal. "In a watercress-bed," too! The rusticity of the background seemed to emphasise the horror of the discovery, whatever it might be.
"As illustrated by the remains of which you were speaking to Mr. Bellingham," Jervis remarked. "Exactly," Thorndyke answered, "though we could hardly imagine a reasonably intelligent criminal adopting a watercress-bed as a hiding-place." "No. That was certainly an error of judgment.
It hints at tragedy, at mystery, at romance. It promises to bring into our gray and commonplace life that element of the dramatic which is the salt that our existence is savored withal. "In a watercress-bed," too! The rusticity of the background seemed to emphasize the horror of the discovery, whatever it might be.
I turned wrathfully for a London street-boy's yell, let off at point-blank range, is, in effect, like the smack of an open hand but the inscription on the staring yellow poster that was held up for my inspection changed my anger into curiosity. "Horrible discovery in a watercress-bed!" Now, let, prigs deny it if they will, but there is something very attractive in a "horrible discovery."
The watercress-bed was cleaned out about two years ago, so they could not have been lying there longer than that; and their condition suggests that they could not have been there much less than two years, as there is apparently not a vestige of the soft structures left. Of course, I am speaking from the newspaper reports only; I have no direct knowledge of the matter."
It made me shudder to read of it, for I couldn't help thinking of poor Uncle John, and, as for my father, he was really quite upset." "Are these the bones that were found in a watercress-bed at Sidcup?" "Yes. But they have found several more. The police have been most energetic.
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