? ? ? ? "Impossible!" cried the inspector.
? ? ? ? "And why?"
? ? ? ? "Why should anyone murder a man in so clumsy a fashion as by hanging him?"
? ? ? ? "That is what we have to find out."
? ? ? ? "How could they get in?"
? ? ? ? "Through the front door."
? ? ? ? "It was barred in the morning."
? ? ? ? "Then it was barred after them."
? ? ? ? "How do you know?"
? ? ? ? "I saw their traces. Excuse me a moment, and I may be able to give you some further information about it."
? ? ? ? He went over to the door, and turning the lock he examined it in his methodical way. Then he took out the key, which was on the inside. and inspected that also. The bed, the carpet, the chairs, the mantelpiece, the dead body, and the rope were each in turn examined, until at last he professed himself satisfied, and with my aid and that of the inspector cut down the wretched object and laid it reverently under a sheet.
? ? ? ? "How about this rope?" he asked.
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