"I think that my late client was the eighth victim of the Purple Fern series, murdered by the surviving villain."
"And the motive?" questioned Miss Baird, suddenly.
"The same motive that brought about the death of the other victims," was the solicitor's cold reply--"wealth, or, if you like, robbery."
"I don't agree with you. Nothing was taken from the room."
"How do you know?"
"Because I know everything that is in the room, and nothing is missing. That is plain enough."
"On the face of it," admitted Barras, "but I think that I can show you your error."
"Do you mean to say that the motive for Uncle Henry's murder was robbery?" asked Ferdy, sitting up from his lounging attitude.
"I do, and I have good reason to say so."
"Then explain," said Clarice, curtly, but secretly bewildered.