'No, not that exactly, still, you see the motive?'

'I do,' said Logan. 'And the conclusion?'

'The bishop was not really dead at all. It takes some time to explain.
The _corpus delicti_--you see I know my subject--was somebody else. And
the bishop was alive, and secretly watching the judge, disguised as Mr.
Sherlock Holmes. Oh, I know it is too much in Dickens's manner. But my
public has not read Dickens.'

'You interest me keenly' said Logan.

'I am glad to hear it. And the penny public take freely. Our
circulation goes up. I asked for a rise of three pence on the thousand
words.'

'Now this _is_ what I call literary conversation,' said Logan. 'It is
like reading _The British Weekly Bookman_. Did you get the threepence?
if the inquiry is not indelicate.'

'I got twopence. But, you see, there are so many of us.'

'Tell me more. Are you serialising anything else?'

'Serialising is the right word. I see you know a great deal about
literature. Yes, I am serialising a featured tale.'

'A featured tale?'

'You don't know what that is? You do not know everything yet! It is