Mrs.
Pendleton's suspicions of him may be based on the slightest foundation, but we are bound to keep them in mind." "Do you not intend to question him at all ?" "Not at present.

His attitude when he brought me upstairs was that of a man on his guard, expecting to be questioned.

I saw that at once, and decided to say nothing to him.

I will take him by surprise later on, when he is off his guard, and if he is keeping anything back I may be able to get it out of him.

But we must not be too quick in drawing the conclusion that those marks were made by him." "What makes you say so ?" asked Inspector Dawfield.
"Thalassa has a long bony hand, with fingers thickened by rough work.