But still, an actual crime is the affair of every good citizen.

I think we ought to take some action." "You think there really was a crime, then ?" "What else can one think?
What do you think about it yourself ?" "I don't like to think about it at all.

The recollection of that corpse-like figure in that gloomy bedroom has haunted me ever since I left the house.

What do you suppose has happened ?" Thorndyke did not answer for a few seconds.

At length he said gravely: "I am afraid, Jervis, that the answer to that question can be given in one word." "Murder ?" I asked with a slight shudder.
He nodded, and we were both silent for a while.
"The probability," he resumed after a pause, "that Mr.Graves is alive at this moment seems to me infinitesimal.