17/24 "I wanted to see Robert again before I returned to London in the morning. So we motored over after dinner, and found him--dead." Fresh tears broke from her. "I should like to go upstairs before the police come," he whispered. The shattered door creaked open to their touch, revealing the lighted interior and the dead man prone on the floor. Austin approached his brother's corpse, eyed it shudderingly, and turned away. |