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He might have stowed them there in a hurry."
But you have just said it was a whole week since the crime. He would have
had ample time to remove them and destroy them."
"Perhaps."
"There is no perhaps about it. Would he, or would he not have had plenty of
time to remove and destroy them?"
"Yes."
"
Was the pile of underclothes under which the things were hidden heavy or
light?"
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Heavyish."
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In other words, it was winter underclothing. Obviously, the prisoner would
not be likely to go to that drawer?"
"Perhaps not."
"
Kindly answer my question. Would the prisoner, in the hottest week of a
hot summer, be likely to go to a drawer containing winter underclothing.
Yes, or no?"
"No."
"In that case, is it not possible that the articles in question might have been
put there by a third person, and that the prisoner was quite unaware of
their presence?"
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I should not think it likely."
But it is possible?"
Yes."
That is all."
More evidence followed. Evidence as to the financial difficulties in which the
prisoner had found himself at the end of July. Evidence as to his intrigue
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