“Do you prove anything else?” inquired Mr Paget, expectantly.
“No,” replied the inspector, “except that from inquiries I made I find that very shortly after the inquest on Mrs Inglewood the prisoner left the country suddenly, and the next murder—the one in Angel Court—was perpetrated on the day of his return.”
As Mr Paget resumed his seat, my counsel, Mr Roland, rose. Turning to the witness with a suave countenance, he mildly asked:
“How do you fix the day of the prisoner’s return?”
“By the books of the club to which the accused belonged—the Junior Garrick.”
“You say you found the seals in the library. Could access be easily gained to that room?”
“No; prisoner’s wife had the key.”
“And she refused you the keys of the chest of drawers?”
“Yes, giving as her reason that it contained papers of a strictly private nature.”
“Did she express surprise when you found the seals?”