“Quite close to the sleeper?”
“Yes.”
“Within easy reaching distance?”
“Yes.”
“And, by the way,” Mason said, “the bed was made, is that right?”
“Yes.”
“In other words, then, after getting up in the morning, at five-thirty, to go fishing, Mr. Sabin stopped long enough to lay a fire in the fireplace, long enough to make his bed, long enough to wash his breakfast dishes?”
Sergeant Holcomb said, “Well, it wouldn’t take a man so very long to make his bed.”
“By the way,” Mason inquired, “did you notice whether there were clean sheets on the bed?”
“Yes, there were.”