“Go on from there, Doctor.”
“I came right down, as soon as I could hurry on some clothes. I found Sir Binney dead, and can asseverate that he had been dead but a few moments.”
“He was stabbed?”
“Yes, and the weapon used was removed and must have been taken away by the murderer, as it cannot be found.”
“H’m there are other explanations. But never mind that. The wound was such as to cause almost instantaneous death?”
“Apparently it did do so. Death was, of course, hastened by the immediate removal of the knife. Had that remained in the wound, the victim would doubtless have lived long enough to make a clear dying statement.”
“What was the weapon? Can you divine?”
“A sharp knife, dagger, or some such implement.”
“A paper-cutter, say?”
“Not likely. Unless it was an unusually sharp one. The cut is so cleanly made that it presupposes a very sharp blade.”