“Of course—what?”
“Of course you are bound to suspect every fact I’ve put down, which is a pity, because a number of facts aren’t verifiable unless some other person gives an equally accurate account of what occurred. Without indulging in solemn oaths, I can tell you that I believe there is not a single statement in this which isn’t rigidly accurate.”
He held out a sheaf of papers to Macdonald, who could see their whiteness in the gloom, and the latter took them, saying:
“Thanks very much. If you have achieved the standard of accuracy you claim, you are an unusual person.”
“Actually, I have an accurate mind,” said Lockersley. “You know, the further I seem to be involved in this tangle, the more it appeals to me that there might be a deadly fascination, not in murder itself, but in its
