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that by telling us that he was nervous about whether he'd be allowed to bury Brotherhood or not; but when you come to think of it, does that account for the extraordinary excitement and nervousness he showed about the whole thing? Anyhow, the jury found suicide⁠—and remember, he always wanted us to believe it was suicide⁠—and immediately his trouble vanished. He seemed to lose interest in the business from then on.

"But over one thing he did give himself away. Do you remember, when Carmichael produced that photo of Miss Rendall-Smith, Marryatt professed not to know who it was? Now, I fancy there are aspects of the case here which we haven't been able to trace yet. But on the face of it, it was curious that Marryatt, who has lived here for quite a long time and knows all the clerical society round here, shouldn't know the daughter of the man who used to be Rector of Binver. For some reason, he preferred not to be in the know. He said he'd take it over to Binver and identify it. He took it over: it was early-closing day, and Campbell's studio must really have been shut. But Marryatt comes back with some lame story about Campbell not being shut after all; and he tells us, not only whom the photograph represents, but the whole life-story of the lady into the bargain. I say, he made a mistake there. We ought to have been suspicious.

"We were not suspicious; he came and played bridge in my room the same night. It gave him a very nasty turn when, as we all thought, the