"That fact came out at the inquest.

You appeared to have known him better than most men.

Mr.
Vanderpole had just left you when he was murdered,--that also came out at the inquest." "Kind of queer, wasn't it," Mr.Coulson remarked meditatively, "how I seemed to get hung up with both of them?
You may also remember that at the inquest Mr.Vanderpole's business with me was testified to by the chief of his department." "Certainly," Mr.Gaynsforth answered.

"However, that's neither here nor there.

Everything was properly arranged, so far as you were concerned, of course.