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See that candle on the mantelpiece. It was lit at the time, and if it was lit this corner would be the brightest instead of the darkest portion of the wall." SEE THAT CANDLE ON THE MANTEL PIECE IT WAS LIT AT THE TIME AND IF IT WAS LIT THIS CORNER WOULD BE THE BRIGHTEST INSTEAD OF THE DARKEST PORTION OF THE WALL
ate of suppressed exultation at having scored a point against his colleague. “Come here,” he said, bustling back into the room, the atmosphere of which felt clearer since the removal of its ghastly inmate. “Now, stand there!” He struck a match on his boot and held it up against the wall. “Look at that!” he said, triumphantly. I have remarked that the paper had fallen away in parts. In this particular corner of the room a large piece had peeled off, leaving a yellow square of coarse plastering. Across this bare space there was scrawled in blood-red letters a single word— RACHE. “What do you think of that?” cried the detective, with the air of a showman exhibiting his show. “This was overlooked because it was in the darkest corner of the room, and no one thought of looking there. The murderer has written it with his or her own blood. See this smear where it has trickled down the wall! That disposes of the idea of suicide anyhow. Why was that corner chosen to write it on? I will tell you. E SPOKE AND HE WAS EVIDENTLY IN A STATE OF SUPPRESSED EXULTATION AT HAVING SCORED A POINT AGAINST HIS COLLEAGUE COME HERE HE SAID BUSTLING BACK INTO THE ROOM THE ATMOSPHERE OF WHICH FELT CLEARER SINCE THE REMOVAL OF ITS GHASTLY INMATE NOW STAND THERE HE STRUCK A MATCH ON HIS BOOT AND HELD IT UP AGAINST THE WALL LOOK AT THAT HE SAID TRIUMPHANTLY I HAVE REMARKED THAT THE PAPER HAD FALLEN AWAY IN PARTS IN THIS PARTICULAR CORNER OF THE ROOM A LARGE PIECE HAD PEELED OFF LEAVING A YELLOW SQUARE OF COARSE PLASTERING ACROSS THIS BARE SPACE THERE WAS SCRAWLED IN BLOOD RED LETTERS A SINGLE WORD RACHA WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT CRIED THE DETECTIVE WITH THE AIR OF A SHOWMAN EXHIBITING HIS SHOW THIS WAS OVERLOOKED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE DARKEST CORNER OF THE ROOM AND NO ONE THOUGHT OF LOOKING THERE THE MURDERER HAS WRITTEN IT WITH HIS OR HER OWN BLOOD SEE THIS SMEAR WHERE IT IS TRICKLED DOWN THE WALL THAT DISPOSES OF THE IDEA OF SUICIDE ANYHOW WHY WAS THAT CORNER CHOSEN TO WRITE IT ON I WILL TELL YOU
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