Of course, he's dead!" He lifted his hand with a nervous gesture, and the two others, who were watching him closely, saw that he was trembling a good deal, and that his face was very pale.
"Dead!--of course," he went on.

"He--he must have been killed instantaneously.

And you'll see in a minute or two why the body wasn't found before--when we made that first search.

It's quite explainable.

The fact is--" A sudden bustle at the door in the wall heralded the entrance of two policemen.