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'Do you really mean to tell me,' I said, 'that you were baffled by the case, that you actually don't know what the man died of? DO YOU REALLY MEAN TO TELL ME I SAID THAT YOU WERE BAFFLED BY THE CASE THAT YOU ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAN DIED OF
ollected, and several of the neighbours ran to see what was going on. They were pretty free with their comments, by all accounts, and from these it appeared that Number 20 was in very bad odour in Paul Street. The detectives tried to trace down these rumours to some solid foundation of fact, but could not get hold of anything. People shook their heads and raised their eyebrows and thought the Herberts rather ‘queer,’ ‘would rather not be seen going into their house,’ and so on, but there was nothing tangible. The authorities were morally certain the man met his death in some way or another in the house and was thrown out by the kitchen door, but they couldn’t prove it, and the absence of any indications of violence or poisoning left them helpless. An odd case, wasn’t it? But curiously enough, there’s something more that I haven’t told you. I happened to know one of the doctors who was consulted as to the cause of death, and some time after the inquest I met him, and asked him about it.  A LARGE CROWD HAD COLLECTED AND SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBOURS RAN TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY WERE PRETTY FREE WITH THEIR COMMENTS BY ALL ACCOUNTS AND FROM THESE IT APPEARED THAT NUMBER TWENTY WAS IN VERY BAD ODOUR IN PAUL STREET THE DETECTIVES TRIED TO TRACE DOWN THESE RUMOURS TO SOME SOLID FOUNDATION OF FACT BUT COULD NOT GET HOLD OF ANYTHING PEOPLE SHOOK THEIR HEADS AND RAISED THEIR EYEBROWS AND THOUGHT THE HERBERTS RATHER QUEER WOULD RATHER NOT BE SEEN GOING INTO THEIR HOUSE AND SO ON BUT THERE WAS NOTHING TANGIBLE THE AUTHORITIES WERE MORALLY CERTAIN THE MAN MET HIS DEATH IN SOMEWHERE OR ANOTHER IN THE HOUSE AND WAS THROWN OUT BY THE KITCHEN DOOR BUT THEY COULDN'T PROVE IT AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY INDICATIONS OF VIOLENCE OR POISONING LEFT THEM HELPLESS AN ODD CASE WASN'T IT BUT CURIOUSLY ENOUGH THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU I HAPPENED TO KNOW ONE OF THE DOCTORS WHO WAS CONSULTED AS TO THE CAUSE OF DEATH AND SOME TIME AFTER THE INQUEST I MET HIM AND ASKED HIM ABOUT IT
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