What do you think of it ?" "It sounds convincing enough." "It would sound more convincing to me if it was entirely consistent with the other facts of the case.

Have you those sheets of unfinished writing which were found in Robert Turold's study ?" Dawfield produced two sheets of foolscap from his desk.

Barrant laid them on the table, and examined them with a magnifying glass.
"It is certain that Robert Turold did not put down his pen voluntarily," he said.

"He stopped involuntarily, in the midst of a word.

That suggests great surprise or sudden shock.