“Yes, we may suppose that.”
“Well—when was this murder committed—?”
“Yesterday morning.”
“Then it is probable he is still in the neighbourhood. Leaving aside the assumption that this murder was a sudden affair, the impulse of a moment, and that he had not made plans for leaving Sonning, there is the fact that a murderer of this type has a tendency to cling to the neighbourhood of his crime. Well, we will see. There is one thing I would like to have before I start.”
“What is that?”
“The sheath of the knife I found at St Ann’s Road.”
“You shall have it.”
The chief rang, and ordered the officer who answered the summons to bring the article in question, and Freyberger, placing it in his pocket, departed.