That is the point I hinted at just now.

He has defended many persons accused of murder, and he often spoke to me of their incredible folly, when trying to escape, in going by rail, or in setting out from England for Paris.

An Englishman, he used to say, is least observed in his own country.

In this case, I think I KNOW where he has gone, how he went there." "Where, then ?" "WHERE comes last; HOW first.

It is a question of inference." "Explain.