They are talking of the murder, and I don't want to hear any more about it." "There are pleasanter things to talk about," said Mallow.

"I knew Basil would come crammed with news.

Has he told you--" "He told us everything he could gather from the detective.

It seems that the crime is quite a mystery." "Quite.

Why your aunt should be killed, or how the assassin escaped, after killing her, cannot be discovered.