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was to co; little did I dreaulfhes-But you want, of course, the whole story froive it to you At eleven o'clock thisa constable called on

me at my rooms and informed me that I anted at once by the Chief

Inspector at the Yard

We climbed--the constable and I--a narrow stone stairway somewhere at

the back of New Scotland Yard, and so ca and confident I remember--silly as the

detail is--that he wore in his buttonhole a white rose His an by infor me that

the police had apprehended the uilty of the

captain's murder

"There is one detail to be cleared up," he said "You told ht that it was shortly after seven o'clock when you heard the sounds

of struggle in the room above you You were somewhat excited at the

time, and under similar circumstances men have been known to make

mistakes Have you considered the matter since? Is it not possible that

you were in error in regard to the hour?"