Mellin said: "Well, yes, he was always slightly cut. He used to do a lot of drinking around the island. But I've never seen him so bad as on the last night."
Guelvada said: "Exactly what you mean, my friend, is that on the night of his death he was peculiarly drunk. Is that right? That he seemed to be more drunk than usual; that this man, who was able to carry his liquor so very well that he could drink all day, was on this occasion so very drunk that he did not know what he was doing. Would that be right?"
Mellin said: "Yeah... something like that. So what?"
Guelvada said airily: "I suppose it never occurred to you that Sandford might not have been drunk?"
Mellin asked: "What the hell do you mean by that one?"
"I'll tell you," said Guelvada. "Have you ever overlooked the possibility
