The _Harpoon_ would have been made up, and most of the editorial staff would have gone home an hour--yes, actually an hour--before Mrs.Croyle died here at Rackham in Sussex.

Yet the news is in that very issue.

How did that happen?
How did the news reach the office of the _Harpoon_ an hour before the event occurred ?" "Yes, that is what has been bothering me," added Sir Chichester.
"Well, that was one question," Martin resumed.

"Here's the other.

How, when the news had reached the _Harpoon_ office, did it get printed in the paper ?" Millie Splay found no difficulty in providing an explanation of that.
"It's sensational," she said disdainfully.
Martin shook his head.
"I don't think that's enough.