"And look at these marks here, Mr.Kent.

You recognize them, surely--those are the footsteps of a bar-keeper out of employment, waiting for the eighteenth amendment to pass away.

See how deeply they sink in----" "Yes," said Kent, "he'd commit murder." "There are lots more," continued the Inspector, "but they're no good.
The morbid curiosity-seekers were walking all over this place while we were drawing the cordon round it." "Stop a bit," said Kent, pausing to think a moment.

"What about thumb-prints ?" "Thumb-prints," said the Inspector.

"Don't mention them.