Once more the evening papers had no particular news.

This time, however, one of them had a leading article upon the English police system.

The fact that an undetected murder should take place in a wealthy neighborhood, away from the slums, a murder which must have been premeditated, was in itself alarming.

Until the inquest had been held, it was better to make little comment upon the facts of the case so far as they were known.
At the same time, the circumstance could not fail to incite a considerable amount of alarm among those who had offices in the vicinity of the tragedy.

It was rumored that some mysterious inquiries were being circulated around London banks.