There was evidently a conspiracy to murder him, and the deliberate, persistent manner in which that object was being pursued points to a very strong and definite motive.

Then the tactics adopted point to considerable forethought and judgment.

They are not the tactics of a fool or an ignoramus.

We may criticize the closed carriage as a tactical mistake, calculated to arouse suspicion, but we have to weigh it against its alternative." "What is that ?" "Well, consider the circumstances.

Suppose Weiss had called you in in the ordinary way.