He took no notes.

In fact, he hardly ever did make any record in a case unless it was essential to prove the exact words of a suspected person.
"Good!" he said, when she had finished.

"That sounds like the complete text." "I don't think I have left out anything of importance--that is, if a single word of it _is_ important." "Oh, heaps," he assured her.

"It's even better than I dared hope.

Can you tell me if Siddle's mother is dead yet ?" The question found Doris so thoroughly unprepared that she blurted out: "Have you had a telegram, too, then ?" "No.