"Truth is often terribly thin, don't you think?"
"Are you taking the view that the man may be innocent?"
"I had thought of it."
"Why?"
"I have an excellent opinion of your judgment."
" My judgment?"
"Yes. You were surprised the man had done it. That means that your first impression was clouded by circumstantial evidence."
"In fact, I'm logical as well as imaginative. Mercifully, since I'm a police officer. The evidence may be circumstantial but it is very satisfying and neat."
"Much too neat, don't you feel?"
"Lord Edward said that. But no policeman feels that evidence is too neat, Sir George."