Joseph Cochrane Robin is dead.
The second line asked:
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Underneath was typed:
Sperling means sparrow.
And in the lower right-hand corner—the place of the signature—were the two words, in capitals:
THE BISHOP.
CHAPTER V.
A Woman’s Scream
(Saturday, April 2; 2.30 p. m.)
Vance, after glancing at the strange message with its even stranger signature, reached for his monocle with that slow deliberation which I knew indicated a keen suppressed interest. Having adjusted the glass he studied the paper intently. Then he handed it to Arnesson.