It is for these reasons that I am always careful to suspend judgment in cases of circumstantial evidence, and examine carefully even the smallest trifles which might tell in favour of the man to whom circumstantial evidence points.
"Have you discovered anything, since you have been at the inn, which shakes the theory that Ronald is the murderer ?" "I have come to the conclusion that the case is much more complex and puzzling than was at first supposed." "I should like to know what makes you think that," returned Superintendent Galloway.

"Up to the present I have seen nothing to shake my conviction that Ronald is the guilty man.

What have you discovered that makes you think otherwise ?" "I do not go as far as that--yet.

But I have come across certain things which, to my mind, need elucidation before it is possible to pronounce definitely on Ronald's guilt or innocence.

To take them consecutively, let me repeat that I cannot reconcile Ronald's excitable conduct at the Durrington hotel with his supposed actions at the inn.