“Why not let the police disinter those facts?”
“Because the police evidently suspect the members of the household and they will certainly pursue the obvious probabilities.”
“So should I, for that matter,” said he; “and in any case, we can’t prevent the police from bringing a charge if they are satisfied that they can support it. And your own experience will tell you that they will certainly not take a case into the Central Criminal Court unless they have enough evidence to make a conviction a virtual certainty. But I remind you, Mayfield, that they have got it all to do. There is grave suspicion in respect of a number of persons, but there is not, at present, a particle of positive evidence against any one person. It looks to me as if it might turn out to be a very elusive case.”
“Preci
