Holmes?"
"Well, you put the case strongly," my friend replied
thoughtfully. "It certainly needs a good deal of justification.
May I ask, Mr. White Mason, whether you examined the farther side
of the moat at once to see if there were any signs of the man
having climbed out from the water?"
"There were no signs, Mr. Holmes. But it is a stone ledge, and
one could hardly expect them."
"No tracks or marks?"
"None."
"Ha! Would there be any objection, Mr. White Mason, to our going
down to the house at once? There may possibly be some small
point which might be suggestive."
"I was going to propose it, Mr. Holmes; but I thought it well to
put you in touch with all the facts before we go. I suppose if
anything should strike you--" White Mason looked doubtfully at
the amateur.
"I have worked with Mr. Holmes before," said Inspector MacDonald.
"He plays the game."
"My own idea of the game, at any rate," said Holmes, with a
smile. "I go into a case to help the ends of justice and the
work of the police. If I have ever separated myself from the
official force, it is because they have first separated
themselves from me.
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