Theydon did not see it, because Furneaux's odd-sounding words caused him to look with astonishment at the man who uttered them.
"An ivory skull!" he cried.

"What has an ivory skull to do with the murder of Mrs.Lester ?" "We cannot even begin to guess at its meaning yet," said Winter, who, after one fierce glance at his colleague, had recovered his poise.

"That is why I did not mention it.

I hate the introduction of bizarre features into an inquiry of this sort.

But, now that the thing has been spoken of, I may as well state that when the medical examination was being made at the mortuary a tiny skull, not bigger than a pea, and made of ivory, was found inside Mrs.Lester's underbodice.