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The youthful figure and alert, eager face of Inspector Stanley Hopkins confronted us in the open doorway. THE YOUTHFUL FIGURE AND ALERT EAGER FACE OF INSPECTOR STANLEY HOPKINS CONFRONTED US IN THE OPEN DOORWAY
utation, and that we shall have an interesting morning. The crime was committed before twelve last night.' 'How can you possibly tell?' 'By an inspection of the trains, and by reckoning the time. The local police had to be called in, they had to communicate with Scotland Yard, Hopkins had to go out, and he in turn had to send for me. All that makes a fair night's work. Well, here we are at Chislehurst Station, and we shall soon set our doubts at rest.' A drive of a couple of miles through narrow country lanes brought us to a park gate, which was opened for us by an old lodge-keeper, whose haggard face bore the reflection of some great disaster. The avenue ran through a noble park, between lines of ancient elms, and ended in a low, widespread house, pillared in front after the fashion of Palladio. The central part was evidently of a great age and shrouded in ivy, but the large windows showed that modern changes had been carried out, and one wing of the house appeared to be entirely new. HOPKINS WILL LIVE UP TO HIS REPUTATION AND THAT WE SHALL HAVE AN INTERESTING MORNING THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED BEFORE TWELVE LAST NIGHT HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY TELL BY AN INSPECTION OF THE TRAINS AND BY RECKONING THE TIME THE LOCAL POLICE HAD TO BE CALLED IN THEY HAD TO COMMUNICATE WITH SCOTLAND YARD HOPKINS HAD TO GO OUT AND HE IN TURN HAD TO SEND FOR ME ALL THAT MAKES A FAIR NIGHT'S WORK WELL HERE WE ARE AT CHILLSHURST STATION AND WE SHALL SOON SET OUR DOUBTS AT REST A DRIVE OF A COUPLE OF MILES THROUGH NARROW COUNTRY LANES BROUGHT US TO A PARK GATE WHICH WAS OPENED FOR US BY AN OLD LODGE KEEPER WHOSE HAGGARD FACE BORE THE REFLECTION OF SOME GREAT DISASTER THE AVENUE RAN THROUGH A NOBLE PARK BETWEEN LINES OF ANCIENT ELMS AND ENDED IN A LOW WIDESPREAD HOUSE PILLARED IN FRONT AFTER THE FASHION OF PALADIO THE CENTRAL PART WAS EVIDENTLY OF A GREAT AGE AND SHROUDED IN IVY BUT THE LARGE WINDOWS SHOWED THAT MODERN CHANGES HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT AND ONE WING OF THE HOUSE APPEARED TO BE ENTIRELY NEW
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