Chapter 36

Why hadn't they gone themselves, instead of passing on the risk to others? "The police are most painstaking in these matters, especially when one of their own number is concerned. You mustn't forget that Templeton was a retired inspector. Why not divert their minds to the cellar?--a few bricks out of place, and a little soil, and just a trace of quicklime. They'd never miss that ... They'll dig for a week." I saw that the Professor thought my levity was ill-timed. There was nothing new in that. But Bryant gav…