Ricardo shifted and shuffled in his chair.

Harry Wethermill kept his eyes fixed on Hanaud's face, but he was quiet, as he had been throughout the long inquiry.
Hanaud lit a cigarette and took his time.
"What I think is this.

The man who drove the car into Geneva drove it back, because--he meant to leave it again in the garage of the Villa Rose." "Good heavens!" cried Ricardo, flinging himself back.

The theory so calmly enunciated took his breath away.
"Would he have dared ?" asked Harry Wethermill.
Hanaud leaned across and tapped his fingers on the table to emphasise his answer.
"All through this crime there are two things visible--brains and daring; clever brains and extraordinary daring.

Would he have dared?
He dared to be at the corner close to the Villa Rose at daylight.