"The only known person who could possibly have done so was Mr. Jellicoe.
"One of the two persons who could have had a motive for dropping the scarab was Mr. Jellicoe. The person who found that scarab was Mr. Jellicoe, although, owing to his defective eyesight and his spectacles, he was the most unlikely person of those present to find it.
"The person who was responsible for the execution of the defective will was Mr. Jellicoe.
"Then as to the remains. They were apparently not those of John
Bellingham, but parts of a particular kind of body. But the only
person who was known to have had such a body in his possession was Mr.
Jellicoe.
"The only person who could have had any motive for substituting those remains for the remains of the deceased was Mr. Jellicoe.
"Finally, the person who caused the discovery of those remains at that singularly opportune moment was Mr. Jellicoe.
"This was the sum of the evidence that was in my possession up to the time of the hearing and, indeed, for some time after, and it was not enough to act upon. But when the case had been heard in Court, it was evident either that the proceedings would be abandoned—which was unlikely—or that there would be new developments.
"I watched the progress of events with profound interest. An attempt had been made (by Mr. Jellicoe or some other person) to get the will administered without producing the body of John Bellingham; and that attempt had failed. The coroner's jury had refused to identify the remains; the Probate Court had refused to presume the death of the testator. As affairs stood the will could not be administered.
"What would be the next move?
"It was virtually certain that it would consist in the production of something which would identify the unrecognized remains as those of the testator.