“Then, he not only must have made the bed, but must have changed the sheets. Did you find the soiled linen anywhere in the cabin, Sergeant?”
“I don’t remember,” Sergeant Holcomb said.
“There are no laundry facilities there. The soiled laundry is taken down in Mr. Sabin’s car and laundered in the city, and returned to the cabin from time to time?”
“I believe that’s right, yes.”
“Then what became of the soiled sheets?” Mason asked.
“I don’t know,” Sergeant Holcomb said irritably. “You can’t always connect up all these little things.”
“Exactly,” Mason said. “Now, let’s get back to the alarm clock, Sergeant. The alarm was entirely run down?”
“That’s right.”
“The clock had a shut-off on it, by which the alarm could be shut off while it was sounding?”
“Yes, of course, all good clocks have that.”