"And, of course, that's the quickest way of the three," he said
to himself. "Through the hall, and out at the back; turn to the
left and there you are. Instead of which, we ran the longest way
round the house. Why? Was it to give Mark more time in which to
escape? Only, in that case--why run? Also, how did Cayley know
then that it was Mark who was trying to escape? If he had
guessed--well, not guessed, but been afraid--that one had shot
the other, it was much more likely that Robert had shot Mark.
Indeed, he had admitted that this was what he thought. The first
thing he had said when he turned the body over was, 'Thank God!
I was afraid it was Mark.' But why should he want to give Robert
time in which to get away? And again--why run, if he did want to
give him time?"
Antony went out of the house again to the lawns at the back, and
sat down on a bench in view of the office windows.
"Now then," he said, "let's go through Cayley's mind carefully,
and see what we get."
Cayley had been in the hall when Robert was shown into the
office.
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