A man whose neck was tied up like that could be thrown down, thrown anywhere, left to stand up, if you like, and he'd be literally helpless, even if, as the doctor said, he had the use of his hands.

He'd be unconscious almost at once--dead very soon afterwards.
Murder ?--I should think so!--and a particularly brutal and determined one.

Bent!--whoever killed that poor old fellow was a man of great strength and of--knowledge! Knowledge, mind you!--he knew the trick.

You haven't any doubtful character in Highmarket who has ever lived in India, have you ?" "India! Why India ?" asked Bent.
"Because I should say that the man who did that job has learned some of the Indian tricks with cords and knots," answered Brereton.

"That murder's suggestive of Thuggeeism in some respects.