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"
Now
when
was
the
real
time
of
the
crime
?
And
who
killed
him
?
"
In
my
opinion
,
and
this
is
only
an
opinion
,
Ratchett
was
killed
at
some
time
very
close
upon
two
o'clock
,
the
latest
hour
the
doctor
gives
us
as
possible
.
"
As
to
who
killed
him
--
"
He
paused
,
looking
at
his
audience
.
He
could
not
complain
of
any
lack
of
attention
.
Every
eye
was
fixed
upon
him
.
In
the
stillness
you
could
have
heard
a
pin
drop
.
He
went
on
slowly
:
"
I
was
particularly
struck
by
the
extraordinary
difficulty
of
proving
a
case
against
any
one
person
on
the
train
and
on
the
rather
curious
coincidence
that
in
each
case
the
testimony
giving
an
alibi
came
from
what
I
might
describe
as
an
'
unlikely
'
person
.
Thus
Mr.
MacQueen
and
Colonel
Arbuthnot
provided
alibis
for
each
other
--
two
persons
between
whom
it
seemed
most
unlikely
there
should
be
any
prior
acquaintanceship
.
The
same
thing
happened
with
the
English
valet
and
the
Italian
,
with
the
Swedish
lady
and
the
English
girl
.
I
said
to
myself
,
'
This
is
extraordinary
--
they
can
not
all
be
in
it
!
'
"
And
then
,
Messieurs
,
I
saw
light
.
They
were
all
in
it
.
For
so
many
people
connected
with
the
Armstrong
case
to
be
travelling
by
the
same
train
by
a
coincidence
was
not
only
unlikely
,
it
was
impossible
.
It
must
be
not
chance
,
but
design
.
I
remembered
a
remark
of
Colonel
Arbuthnot
's
about
trial
by
jury
.
A
jury
is
composed
of
twelve
people
--
there
were
twelve
passengers
--
Ratchett
was
stabbed
twelve
times
.
And
the
thing
that
had
worried
me
all
along
--
the
extraordinary
crowd
travelling
in
the
Stamboul
--
Calais
coach
at
a
slack
time
of
year
was
explained
.
"
Ratchett
had
escaped
justice
in
America
.
There
was
no
question
as
to
his
guilt
.
I
visualized
a
self-appointed
jury
of
twelve
people
who
condemned
him
to
death
and
were
forced
by
exigencies
of
the
case
to
be
their
own
executioners
.
And
immediately
,
on
that
assumption
,
the
whole
case
fell
into
beautiful
shining
order
.
"
I
saw
it
as
a
perfect
mosaic
,
each
person
playing
his
or
her
allotted
part
.
It
was
so
arranged
that
if
suspicion
should
fall
on
any
one
person
,
the
evidence
of
one
or
more
of
the
others
would
clear
the
accused
person
and
confuse
the
issue
.
Hardman
's
evidence
was
necessary
in
case
some
outsider
should
be
suspected
of
the
crime
and
be
unable
to
prove
an
alibi
.
The
passengers
in
the
Stamboul
carriage
were
in
no
danger
.
Every
minute
detail
of
their
evidence
was
worked
out
beforehand
.
The
whole
thing
was
a
very
cleverly-planned
jig-saw
puzzle
,
so
arranged
that
every
fresh
piece
of
knowledge
that
came
to
light
made
the
solution
of
the
whole
more
difficult
.
As
my
friend
M.
Bouc
remarked
,
the
case
seemed
fantastically
impossible
!
That
was
exactly
the
impression
intended
to
be
conveyed
.
"
Did
this
solution
explain
everything
?
Yes
,
it
did
.
The
nature
of
the
wounds
--
each
inflicted
by
a
different
person
.
The
artificial
threatening
letters
--
artificial
since
they
were
unreal
,
written
only
to
be
produced
as
evidence
.
(
Doubtless
there
were
real
letters
,
warning
Ratchett
of
his
fate
,
which
MacQueen
destroyed
,
substituting
for
them
these
others
.
