“No. He’s not very pretty,” muttered Dr. Curtis absently. He bent down. Fox moved the lamp.
“It seemed a bit queer to me his lasting so long, Doctor,” said Fox.
“The head’s a queer thing,” observed Dr. Curtis. “There have been cases of survival — What was the angle, Kantripp?”
“Slightly upward. But it may have shifted.”
“Yes.”
“You say, Fox,” said Alleyn, “that he tried to speak?”
“Well, sir, not to say speak. He made noises.”
“It wasn’t likely, I thought, that he could say anything,” said Dr. Kantripp, “but Mr. Fox thought there was just a chance. As Curtis says, queer things happen with injuries to the brain. There have been cases—”
“I know. What are those marks beside the eyes? Hypostases?”
The two doctors exchanged glances.