Then suddenly he demanded,
"Beyond the fact that the door was found locked from within, what reason
have you for your conclusion?"
Mr. Finch shrugged. "We don't see how it could be otherwise, sir," he
replied with quiet conviction. "Clearly the deceased gentleman must have
been alone in the room when he died."
"Might he not have locked the door after the wound was given?" Henshaw
suggested in a tone of cross-examination.
"Dr. Page was of opinion that death, or at any rate unconsciousness, must
have been almost instantaneous," Finch rejoined respectfully.
"Even supposing the autopsy bears out that view I shall not be
satisfied," Henshaw declared.
The inspector took up the argument.
"You see, sir, taking into consideration the position of the room it
would be impossible for any second party who may have been here with the
deceased to leave it undiscovered except by the door. To drop from this
window, which is the only one large enough to admit of an adult body
passing through, would mean pretty certain death. Anyhow the party would
have been so injured that getting clear away would be out of the
question.
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