IX - The Library Set
BUT IT PROVED NO EASY matter to trace the whereabouts of Sir Herbert Binney between the hours of twelve and two on the night he met his tragic death.
The detectives were aware that he said a pleasant good-night to the chorus girls he had entertained at supper, and had left the Magnifique, alone, about midnight, but then all trace was lost. Naturally enough, for peaceable citizens are not noticed if they follow a beaten or usual path.
Nor could it be discovered whether he came into the onyx lobby alone, or accompanied by the person or persons responsible for his death. The absence of the weapon precluded all thought of suicide, therefore, he had been murdered and the murderer was still at large.
There was no witness to his dying moments but the night porter, Bob Moo
