"As far as we can reckon from the disturbance of these pine needles, the murderer must have sprung on Kitely from behind that clump of gorse--there where it's grown to such a height--and then dragged him here, away from that bit of a path.

No--we've found nothing.

But I suppose you've heard of the find at Harborough's cottage ?" "No!" exclaimed Brereton, startled out of his habitual composure.

"What find ?" "Some of our people made a search there as soon as the police-court proceedings were over," replied the detective.

"It was the first chance they'd had of doing anything systematically.