Spargo saw news in his face.
"What is it ?" asked Spargo.
Driscoll jerked a thumb over his shoulder, towards the partly open door of the lane.

Within, Spargo saw a man hastily donning a waistcoat and jacket.
"He says," answered Driscoll, "him, there--the porter--that there's a man lying in one of them entries down the lane, and he thinks he's dead.

Likewise, he thinks he's murdered." Spargo echoed the word.
"But what makes him think that ?" he asked, peeping with curiosity beyond Driscoll's burly form.

"Why ?" "He says there's blood about him," answered Driscoll.

He turned and glanced at the oncoming constable, and then turned again to Spargo.
"You're a newspaper man, sir ?" he suggested.
"I am," replied Spargo.
"You'd better walk down with us," said Driscoll, with a grin.