“How many men have you outside?” asked the chief of the constable.
“Four, sir.”
“Go and clear the crowd away. Send for assistance, if necessary.”
“If you will permit me, sir,” said Freyberger, “I will go with the constable.”
“Do so; I will wait here until your return.”
Freyberger left the room. He did not return for some twenty minutes.
“Well?” asked the chief, when he returned.
“I would like to have a moment’s conversation with you in private, sir.”
The doctor had already gone, the chief asked the landlady to withdraw, and Freyberger and he found themselves alone in the room with the corpse.
“I have found nothing, sir,” said Freyberger, “I went as a matter of routine. I have, of course, searched narrowly the pavement, the gutter and the road for any possible trace, any dropped article that might possibly furnish a clue. I did not expect to find anything.