“Will we cart him off?”
“Well, now, that depends. I think I am quite right in collaring him unless he explains to my satisfaction, which is hardly likely.”
“The charge is one of murder, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“Who did he kill?”
“Well, up to now it hasn’t come out, for the sake of the family. But if Corbett is here you will know soon enough.”
“It’s a funny way to go to work.”
“Commissioner’s orders, my boy. I am not to reveal the la— the name until it cannot be helped. However, as I have said so much, I don’t mind telling you it’s a woman, and a big one too.”
“Big! Fat, do you mean?”