Baynes?"
"Highly honoured, sir, I am sure."
"You appear to have been very prompt and businesslike in all that
you have done. Was there any clue, may I ask, as to the exact
hour that the man met his death?"
"He had been there since one o'clock. There was rain about that
time, and his death had certainly been before the rain."
"But that is perfectly impossible, Mr. Baynes," cried our client.
"His voice is unmistakable. I could swear to it that it was he
who addressed me in my bedroom at that very hour."
"Remarkable, but by no means impossible," said Holmes, smiling.
"You have a clue?" asked Gregson.
"On the face of it the case is not a very complex one, though it
certainly presents some novel and interesting features. A
further knowledge of facts is necessary before I would venture to
give a final and definite opinion. By the way, Mr. Baynes, did
you find anything remarkable besides this note in your
examination of the house?"
The detective looked at my friend in a singular way.
"There were," said he, "one or two VERY remarkable things.
Perhaps when I have finished at the police-station you would care
to come out and give me your opinion of them."
In am entirely at your service," said Sherlock Holmes, ringing
the bell.
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