The Arabian Nights Murder

Author:John Dickson Carr [Carr, John Dickson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780020183501
Google: oBXioAEACAAJ
Amazon: 002018350X
Publisher: Collier
Published: 1976-02-13T22:00:00+00:00

Popkins said: "They're all mixed up in it. I didn't say anything about your god-daughter. I only asked, What was she doing in the cellar? And I only mentioned it because there's such an eternal flavour of coal-dust about this case that I thought it might be important."

"Yes, but what cellar? What's a blasted cellar got to do with her? Is there anytiiing in the evidence about her having been in a cellar?"

"You believe Illingworth's story, don't you, sir?"

"Suppose I do? What about it?"

"Very well. He states—here it is in my note-book, and you can find it in the shorthand report—he states that, as he was gong back to the curator's room, the door at the left of the staircase opened, and the girl in the red dress came out. Now look at Carruthers' report. That door leads to the cellar. It leads only to the cellar. Therefore she was in the cellar. Q. E. D. I don't say anything about the girl, I don't even say it's necessarily important; I only say she was there. . . . But the whole point is, it's now time to decide. What orders shall you give?"

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