“You knew at once who it was?”

“Not who it was, but I saw it was a man, evidently knocked down, or fallen in a fit,—as I thought. So I ran to see, and—I’ve told you the rest.”

“What time was all this?”

“It was twenty minutes after two.”

“When you found him?”

“When I found him.”

“How do you know so certainly?”

“I’m—I’m fond of detective work, and I thought there’d be some in this matter, and so, I did everything I could think of to help along.”

“Oho, fond of detective work, are you? What have you done in that line?”

“Nothing! I didn’t mean practically. But, well, theoretically. You see, I’ve read a great many detective stories——”