? ? ? ? A minute later we were all seated in a comfortable landau and were rattling through the quaint old Devonshire city. Inspector Gregory was full of his case and poured out a stream of remarks, while Holmes threw in an occasional question or interjection. Colonel Ross leaned back with his arms folded and his hat tilted over his eyes, while I listened with interest to the dialogue of the two detectives. Gregory was formulating his theory, which was almost exactly what Holmes had foretold in the train.
? ? ? ? "The net is drawn pretty close round Fitzroy Simpson," he remarked, "and I believe myself that he is our man. At the same time I recognize that the evidence is purely circumstantial, and that some new development may upset it."
? ? ? ? "How about Straker's knife?"
? ? ? ? "We have quite come to the conclusion that he wounded himself in his fall."
? ? ? ? "My friend Dr. Watson made that suggestion to me as we came down. If so, it would tell against this man Simpson."
? ? ? ? "Undoubtedly. He has neither a knife nor any sign of a wound.
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