‘What time did the police find it?’
‘Seven-thirty.’
‘So between one-thirty in the afternoon and seven-thirty in the evening someone planted it. That’s right, isn’t it?’
‘If anyone planted it.’
‘Well, we won’t argue about that. Sometime between one-thirty and seven-thirty either Perelli or someone brought a fishing-rod into this building. That’s right, isn’t it?’
He couldn’t find any fault with that reasoning.
‘Yep.’
‘Are there any other entrances except the main one?’
‘There’s a rear entrance to the basement.’
‘Can anyone get up to the apartments that way?’