What time is the inquest ?" "Three o'clock, in the club-room of the Hare and Hounds." "Will that fellow, Grant, be there ?" "Rather.

Dr.Foxton warned him yesterday." "Good! What about Doris Martin?
Will she be a witness ?" "Not to-day." They were entering the village, and could see down the long, wide slope of the hill.

Grant had just come into sight at its foot.
Both men scowled at the distant figure, but neither passed any comment.
They parted, the policeman walking straight on, Elkin bearing to the left.

The chemist's shop stood exactly opposite the post office, so Elkin, arriving first, was aware of his unconscious rival's destination.
He had not answered Mr.Siddle's greeting, but gazed moodily through a barricade of specifics piled in the window.

Then he swore.
"What's wrong now ?" inquired the chemist quietly.
"That Grant.