He wanted the mummy." Inspector: "Why should he want the mummy ?" Coroner: "That is what we wish to find out." Inspector: "Exactly, sir.

We wish to learn the reason why the murderer strangled the deceased." Coroner: "We know that reason.

What we wish to know is why the murderer stole the mummy.

And I would point out to you, Mr.Inspector, that, as yet, we do not even know the sex of the assassin.

It might be a woman who murdered the deceased." Professor Braddock, who was seated near the door of the coffee-room, being even more irascible than usual, rose to contradict.
"There isn't a scrap of evidence to show that the murderer was a woman." Coroner: "You are out of order, sir.