`Of course he did. If you had been there, he'd certainly have been with you. If the General had been here in your absence, he might have been with the General. And, the murderer wouldn't have any chance to lure him to a suitable spot in the fog and put an end to him.'
Dalrye looked troubled. `All the same,' he said, `I'm willin g to swear it was really Phil's voice on the phone that second time. My God! man — excuse me, sir!' He swallowed, and as Dr Fell only beamed blandly he went on with more assurance, `What I mean is, I knew that voice as well as I knew anybody's. And if what you say is true, it couldn't have been Phil's voice at all..: Besides, how did this person, whoever it was, know that Phil had arranged to meet me down here at one o'clock? And why all the rigmarole about being "afraid of his head"?’
'Those facts,' said Dr Fell composedly, `may provide us with very admirable clues. Think them over. By the way, what sort of voice did Driscoll have?'
Dalrye hesitated. `The only way to describe it is incoherent. He thought so fast that he ran miles ahead of what he was trying to say. And when he was excited his voice tended to grow high.'
Dr Fell, his head on one side and his eyes half closed, was nodding slowly. He peered up, as a knock sounded at the door, and the chief warder entered.
'The police surgeon is here, sir,' he said, `and several other men from Scotland Yard. Are there any instructions?'
Hadley started to rise, and reconsidered.. 'No. Just tell them the usual routine, if you please; they'll understand. I want about a dozen pictures of the body, from all angles. Is there any place the body can conveniently be taken for examination?'
`The Bloody Tower, Mr Radburn,' said General Mason. `Use the Princes Room that's very suitable. Have you got Parker here?'
`Outside, sir; Have you any instructions about those visitors? They're getting impatient, and
`In a moment,' said Hadley. `Would you mind sending Parker in?' As, the chief warder withdrew, he turned to Dalrye. `You have those visitors' names?'