It seemed to fit in with
the facts as they knew them; but then, so did that other theory
which he had suggested to Bill in the morning.
"Which one?" said Bill.
They had come back from Jallands through the park and were
sitting in the copse above the pond, from which the Inspector and
his fishermen had now withdrawn. Bill had listened with open
mouth to Antony's theory, and save for an occasional "By Jove!"
had listened in silence. "Smart man, Cayley," had been his only
comment at the end.
"Which other theory?"
"That Mark had killed Robert accidentally and had gone to Cayley
for help, and that Cayley, having hidden him in the passage,
locked the office door from the outside and hammered on it."
"Yes, but you were so dashed mysterious about that. I asked you
what the point of it was, and you wouldn't say anything." He
thought for a little, and then went on, "I suppose you meant that
Cayley deliberately betrayed Mark, and tried to make him look
like a murderer?"
"I wanted to warn you that we should probably find Mark in the
passage, alive or dead.
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