"You leave it to me, sir," said the Inspector. He glanced over his shoulder at St. Stephen's, whence a group of Commons were just issuing from an all-night sitting.

"Mr. Parker an' all," said Inspector Sugg, adding devoutly, "Thank Gawd there weren't no witnesses."


[1] This report, though substantially the same as that read by Lord Peter in The Times, has been corrected, amplified and annotated from the shorthand report made at the time by Mr. Parker.

[2] From the newspaper report—not Mr. Parker.

[3] Verbatim.

[4] Antinomy? The Duchess appears to have had Dr. Pritchard's case in mind.

[5] The Lord Chancellor held the appointment on this occasion as usual.

[6] For Report of the procedure see House of Lords Journal for the dates in question.