Chapter VIII.—The Silence of the Dead.THE inquest upon the death of Broome Mason was resumed a week later and by then interest had risen to a high pitch. All sorts of rumours were flying about. It was an open secret that an assassin was at work in that little corner of Norfolk and the police were hot upon his track! The solicitor had not taken his own life, but had been foully murdered! An audacious attempt had been made to make out it was a case of self-destruction, but the renowned Professor Mummery had exposed the trick! The Cosmopolitan Assurance Company, however, were making out it was a case of deliberate suicide! Mason had a policy with them of £100,000 and they were refusing to pay! They were briefing Clive Grennock the great King's Counsel, to make certain the coroner's jury did n
