“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——”