Oh, man, it's just inconceivable! It's
clean against common sense! I put it to you, Mr. Holmes, judging
it by what we have heard."
"Well, state your case, Mr. Mac," said Holmes in his most
judicial style.
"The man is not a burglar, supposing that he ever existed. The
ring business and the card point to premeditated murder for some
private reason. Very good. Here is a man who slips into a house
with the deliberate intention of committing murder. He knows, if
he knows anything, that he will have a deeficulty in making his
escape, as the house is surrounded with water. What weapon would
he choose? You would say the most silent in the world. Then he
could hope when the deed was done to slip quickly from the
window, to wade the moat, and to get away at his leisure. That's
understandable. But is it understandable that he should go out
of his way to bring with him the most noisy weapon he could
select, knowing well that it will fetch every human being in the
house to the spot as quick as they can run, and that it is all
odds that he will be seen before he can get across the moat? Is
that credible, Mr.
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