And with the information the happy-go-lucky look faded, while Fairchild, entering behind Harry, heard a verdict which momentarily seemed to stop his heart.
"It means, Harry, that you were accessory to a crime--if this was a murder.

You knew that something had happened.

You helped without asking questions.

And if it can be proved a murder--well," and he drummed on his desk with the end of his pencil--"there 's no statute of limitations when the end of a human life is concerned!" Only a moment Harry hesitated.

Then: "I 'll tell the truth--if they ask me." "When ?" The lawyer was bending forward.
"At the inquest.