"Exactly."

"But is that the one?"

"The one that goes with the rest of the clothes? I don't know.
Where else can it be? But if so, why send the collar quite
casually to the wash in the ordinary way, and take immense
trouble to hide everything else? Why, why, why?"

Bill bit hard at his pipe, but could think of nothing to say.

"Anyhow," said Antony, getting up restlessly, "I'm certain of one
thing. Mark knew on the Monday that Robert was coming here."




CHAPTER XIX

The Inquest


The Coroner, having made a few commonplace remarks as to the
terrible nature of the tragedy which they had come to investigate
that afternoon, proceeded to outline the case to the jury.
Witnesses would be called to identify the deceased as Robert
Ablett, the brother of the owner of the Red House, Mark Ablett.
It would be shown that he was something of a ne'er-do-well, who
had spent most of his life in Australia, and that he had