'You're in no danger from the law of this land.' 'Great Scot!' I cried.

'Have they got the murderer ?' 'No.

But for the last fortnight they have dropped you from the list of possibles.' 'Why ?' I asked in amazement.
'Principally because I received a letter from Scudder.

I knew something of the man, and he did several jobs for me.

He was half crank, half genius, but he was wholly honest.