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 Was 1t the collar you were look. ins for the cupboard 2" said Bill eagerly
 "Of course. Why no eollar?' l said Tor some reason Cayley considered i, necessary 10 hide all Marks clothes: not just the suit, but everything which he was wearing, or supposed to be wearing at.the time of the murder, But he hadn't hidden the collar. Why? Had he left it out by mistake ? So l looked In the cupboard IL wasn't there. Had he left it out on purpose IT so, why?-and where was it' Naturally I began to say to myself Where have I seen a collar lntelya A collar all by itself?' And I remem hered--what. Bill?"
 Bill frowned heavily to himself, and shook his head
 Don't ask me, Tony, I can't By love" He threw up his head. In the basket in the office bedroom"
 Exactly"
 But IS that the one9"
 The one that goes with the rest of the clothes? l don't know. Where else can 1t be? But if so. why send the collar quite casually to the wash in the ordinary way, and take i'm mense trouble 10 hide everything else? Why, why why9"
 Bill bit hard at his pipe, but could think of nothing to say.
 Anyhow" said Antony, getting up restlessly, I'm certain of one thing. Mark knew on the Monday that Rob ert was coming here
 CHAPTER XVIII.
 The coroner having made a few commonplace remarks as to the ter rible nature of the tragedy which they had come to investigate that after noon, proceeded to outline the case to the jury.
 Antony did not expect to learn much from the evidence-he knew the facts of the case so we'll by now-but he wondered if Inspector Birch had developed any new theories. If so. they would appear in the coroner's examination, for the coroner would certainly have been coached by the police as to the important facts to be extracted from each witness. Bill was the first to be put through it.
 Now. about this letter. Mir, Bev- erley?" he was asked when his chief evidence was over. Did you see it at all o'
 T didn't see the actual writing. Il saw the back of it, Mark was hold ing it up when he told us about his trother."s
 "Yoy don't know what was in it, then?''
 Bill had sudden shock. He had read the letter only that morning. He knew quite well what was in 1t. But 1t wouldn't do to admit this. And then, just as he was about to perjure himself, he remembered: Antony had heard Cayley telling the Inspector.
 II knew afterwards. I was told. But Mark didn't read it out at break fast
 You gathered, however, that it was an unwelcome letter."
 "Oh, yes'"a
 Would you say that Mark was i frightened by it.
 Not frightened. Sort of bitter and resigned. Sort of Oh, Lord, here we are again"
 There was a litter here and there. The coroner smiled. and tried to pre- | tend that he hadn't.
 Thank you, MT. Beverley"
 The next witness was summoned by the name of Andrew Amos, and An tony looked up with interest, wonder ing who he was.
 He lives at the inner lodge" whispered Bill to him. All that Amos had to say was that a stranger had passed by his lodge at d little before three that afternoon, and had spoken to him. He had seen the body and recognized it as the man.
 What did he say?"
 "'Is this right for the Red House ?' or something like that, sir"
 What did you say?"
 T said This is the Red House. Who do you want to see?' He was a hit rough looking, you know sir, and I didn't know what he was doing there.
 "Well?"
 "Wer, sir. he said, Is Mister Mark Ablett at home?' It doesn't sound much put like that, sir, but l didn't care about the way he said it. So l got in front of him like. and said. What do you want. eh?' and he gave a sort of chuckle and said, I want to see my dear brother Mark Well, then I took a closer look at Him, and I see that p'raps he might be his brother, so I said, If you'll follow the drive, sir, youll come to the house Of course 1 can't say if Mir. Ablett's at home.'' And he gave . ! sort of nasty laugh again, and said,