And they did not see Mr.Bellingham.But Mr.Bellingham's corpse might have been stowed away out of sight in any one of the rooms that they looked into." "That is a grim thought," said Jervis; "But it is perfectly true.

There is no evidence that the man was not lying dead in the house at the very time of the search." "But even so," said I, "there was the body to be disposed of somehow.
Now how could he possibly have got rid of the body without being observed ?" "Ah!" said Thorndyke, "now we are touching on a point of crucial importance.

If anyone should ever write a treatise on the art of murder--not an exhibition of literary fireworks like De Quincey's, but a genuine working treatise--he might leave all other technical details to take care of themselves if he could describe some really practicable plan for disposing of the body.

That is, and always has been, the great stumbling-block to the murderer: to get rid of the body.

The human body," he continued, thoughtfully regarding his pipe, just as, in the days of my pupilage, he was wont to regard the black-board chalk, "is a very remarkable object.