It would be like cracking a nut with a steam hammer for you to devote your brains to this case.

All the indications point strongly to one man." "A young man who was staying at the _Grand_ till yesterday ?" inquired the detective.
The chief constable nodded.
"We're looking for a young man who's been staying at the _Grand_ for some weeks past under the name of Ronald.

He's a stranger to the district, and nobody seems to know anything about him.

Perhaps you gentlemen can tell me something about him." "Very little, I'm afraid," replied Colwyn.

"I've seen him at meal times, and nodded to him, but never spoken to him till yesterday, when he had a fainting fit at breakfast.