Therefore, why not wait in ambush for Conrad behind the door, and when he entered bring down a chair, or one of the decrepit pictures, smartly on to his head.
Conrad was preceptive and would see the ambush coming.
mnli hypothesis: Conrad was preceptive and would see the ambush coming. premise: Therefore, why not wait in ambush for Conrad behind the door, and when he entered bring down a chair, or one of the decrepit pictures, smartly on to his head.