dress-suit case.

"A visitor of some sort," he mused. "Perhaps a relative."

When he stepped up on the piazza Raymond Case came out to meet him.
The young man wished to know if he had learned anything from the doctor.

"Not a great deal," answered Adam Adams. "Who was that man who just
came in?"

"Thomas Ostrello, one of Mrs. Langmore's sons by her first husband."

"Is he a frequent visitor here?"

"I believe not. He is a commercial traveler, and on the road nearly
all the time."

"Has he been here since the tragedy?"

"No. He was here the day before it occurred, but went away in the
evening. I suppose his mother's death has shocked him a good deal."

"I believe you said the Ostrellos are not well off?"

"No; they are poor, so Margaret told me. Both of the sons are on the
road, one for a paint house and this one for a drug house. By the way,
I am going to town, to see the coroner. Do you want to come along?"

"No, I'll see him later. I want to take a walk around this place
first. I may pick up a stray clue."