"That is a difficult matter.

Of course, if I find the assassin, even if he or she is one of your friends, I must do my duty." "Oh, I don't expect anything of that sort," said Mallow easily, "but why do you say 'he' or 'she' ?" "Well, the person who killed Miss Loach might be a woman." "I don't see how you make that out," said Cuthbert reflectively.

"I read the case coming up in the train to-day, and it seems to me from what The Planet says that the whole thing is a mystery." "One which I mean to dive into and discover," replied Miles.

"I do not care for an ordinary murder case, but this is one after my own heart.
It is a criminal problem which I should like to work out." "Do you see your way as yet ?" asked Cuthbert.
"No," confessed Jennings, "I do not.

I saw the report you speak of.
The writer theorizes without having facts to go on.