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“For the first thing the Superintendent asked him was what it seemed to him the office staff thought of recent events, and of the now open breach between the partners. So Bobby recounted the conversation he had had with one of the clerks and Mitchell appeared satisfied.
‘I’ve got three men trying to make friends with the different clerks working there,’ he remarked, ‘but I don’t think any of them really knows anything. You didn’t tell Marsden anything about Peter Carsley having been identifi...ed by Mr Belfort?’ ‘Oh, no, sir, of course not,’ answered Bobby.
‘The Assistant Commissioner has all the papers in the case now,’ Mitchell went on, ‘and he is sending them on at once to Treasury Counsel. Unless they can pick rather more holes in it than I expect, they’ll probably agree it’s good enough and we can proceed to arrest.’ ‘There’s one point, if I may mention it, sir,’ Bobby said, and when Mitchell nodded consent, he went on: ‘The theory of Carsley’s guilt doesn’t throw any light on Mark Lester’s suicide.’ ‘Is there any reason why it should?’ Mitchell returned, though Bobby thought he looked worried.MoreLess
‘I’ve got three men trying to make friends with the different clerks working there,’ he remarked, ‘but I don’t think any of them really knows anything. You didn’t tell Marsden anything about Peter Carsley having been identifi...ed by Mr Belfort?’ ‘Oh, no, sir, of course not,’ answered Bobby.
‘The Assistant Commissioner has all the papers in the case now,’ Mitchell went on, ‘and he is sending them on at once to Treasury Counsel. Unless they can pick rather more holes in it than I expect, they’ll probably agree it’s good enough and we can proceed to arrest.’ ‘There’s one point, if I may mention it, sir,’ Bobby said, and when Mitchell nodded consent, he went on: ‘The theory of Carsley’s guilt doesn’t throw any light on Mark Lester’s suicide.’ ‘Is there any reason why it should?’ Mitchell returned, though Bobby thought he looked worried.MoreLess
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