But have you been up to the spot since the finding of the body ?" "No.

Have you ?" "Yes.

The affair interested me, and as soon as I recognized the old Italian knife in the hand of the keeper, I went up there and looked about.

I am glad I did so, for I found something which seems to have escaped the notice of the detectives." "And what's that ?" I asked eagerly.
"Why, about three yards from the pool of blood where the unfortunate foreigner was found is another small pool of blood where the grass and ferns around are all crushed down as though there had been a struggle there." "There may have been a struggle at that spot, and the man may have staggered some distance before he fell dead." "Not if he had been struck in the heart, as they say.

He would fall, would he not ?" she suggested.