Instinctively they all moved quietly and spoke in hushed voices.

Nigel sat in the chair where his uncle had been found dead and made a mental effort to reconstruct the events which must have immediately preceded the tragedy.
"I know that this was all thrashed out at the inquest, Brookes," he said, "but I want you to tell me once more.

You see how far it is from this table to the door.

My uncle must have had abundant warning of any one approaching.

Was there no other way by which any one could have entered the room ?" "There was, your lordship," the man replied, "and I have regretted several times since that I did not mention it at the inquest.