That is what every man decides who faces a legal inquiry as a novice.

It is a decision too often regretted in the light of after events.
Meanwhile, P.C.Robinson was hard at work.

In his own phrase, he "took a line," and the trend of his thoughts was clearly demonstrated when a superintendent motored over from Knoleworth in response to a telegram.

He told how the body had been found, and then went into details gathered in the interim.
"Miss Melhuish hadn't been in the village five minutes," he said, "before she asked Mr.Tomlin, landlord of the Hare and Hounds, where The Hollies was, and how long Mr.Grant had lived in the village.

She went for a walk in the direction of his house almost at once.