Terrible Murder in Kensington!
City man assassinated upon his own doorstep!
Clue to the murderer!
He read the report hurriedly through, then he read it slowly, dwelling on all the details.
After his prediction to Freyberger the night before, this thing came horribly pat; it had been happening, perhaps, just as he was talking to the detective.
He felt the triumph of the man who has prophesied and whose prophecy has come true.
The only thing that troubled him was the description of the murderer: “Tall man, with black beard.”
Klein was clean-shaven and of middle height; but the disguise of a beard was the commonest disguise of all; and as for the height, the assassin was seen in semi-darkness, which enlarges, and the observer was a frightened woman.
Hellier well knew the magnifying effect of terror.
Yes, without doubt, this was the expected crime. Just as an astronomer predicts the appearance of a comet, he had predicted the commission of this crime.