Chapter 29

"I am the clever fellow that gave it away," he said. "I told Mike Hennessey this afternoon that a bank statement had been sent to you. I didn't tell him that it was in my pocket, and I could have saved him a lot of time and trouble. It's a great pity." He ran his hand irritably through his hair and slid off the table. "Those bloodstains now--they look bad," he said, and loafed out of the room with the other two behind him into the bathroom. "That's his sleeve--that's his hand, but too blurred to get a print. The ma…