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PASTON OATVILE DORMY-HOUSE
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a man there that was sick if he ever caught sight of a dog? Sick, positively."

"What do you think it really feels like," asked Marryatt, "to have murdered a man? I mean, murderers in general always seem to lose their heads when the thing is actually done, and give themselves away somehow. But one would have thought, if the thing is planned with proper deliberation, one's feeling would be that things were working out according to plan, and the next thing was to get clear—above all things, to see plenty of people, and to behave quite naturally in company."

"Why that?" asked Gordon.

"To establish your alibi. People are often careless about that."

"By the way," asked Carmichael, "did you bring a paper with you down from London? I'm interested to see the verdict in that Stanesby case. The young fellow is connected, I hear, with the Stanesbys of Martington."

"Afraid I left London at three, and that's too early for anything but betting tips. I say, you fellows, it's stopped raining."

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