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One
of
the
others
spoke
up
.
"
That
was
the
Portland
Place
murder
.
I
read
about
it
.
Good
heavens
,
you
must
be
mad
,
sir
!
Where
do
you
come
from
?
"
"
Scotland
Yard
,
"
I
said
.
After
that
for
a
minute
there
was
utter
silence
.
The
old
man
was
staring
at
his
plate
and
fumbling
with
a
nut
,
the
very
model
of
innocent
bewilderment
.
Then
the
plump
one
spoke
up
.
He
stammered
a
little
,
like
a
man
picking
his
words
.
"
Do
n't
get
flustered
,
uncle
,
"
he
said
.
"
It
is
all
a
ridiculous
mistake
;
but
these
things
happen
sometimes
,
and
we
can
easily
set
it
right
.
It
wo
n't
be
hard
to
prove
our
innocence
.
I
can
show
that
I
was
out
of
the
country
on
the
23rd
of
May
,
and
Bob
was
in
a
nursing
home
.
You
were
in
London
,
but
you
can
explain
what
you
were
doing
.
"
"
Right
,
Percy
!
Of
course
that
's
easy
enough
.
The
23rd
!
That
was
the
day
after
Agatha
's
wedding
.
Let
me
see
.
What
was
I
doing
?
I
came
up
in
the
morning
from
Woking
,
and
lunched
at
the
club
with
Charlie
Symons
.
Then
--
oh
yes
,
I
dined
with
the
Fishmongers
.
I
remember
,
for
the
punch
did
n't
agree
with
me
,
and
I
was
seedy
next
morning
.
Hang
it
all
,
there
's
the
cigar-box
I
brought
back
from
the
dinner
.
"
He
pointed
to
an
object
on
the
table
,
and
laughed
nervously
.
"
I
think
,
sir
,
"
said
the
young
man
,
addressing
me
respectfully
,
"
you
will
see
you
are
mistaken
.
We
want
to
assist
the
law
like
all
Englishmen
,
and
we
do
n't
want
Scotland
Yard
to
be
making
fools
of
themselves
.
That
's
so
,
uncle
?
"
"
Certainly
,
Bob
.
"
The
old
fellow
seemed
to
be
recovering
his
voice
.
"
Certainly
,
we
'll
do
anything
in
our
power
to
assist
the
authorities
.
But
--
but
this
is
a
bit
too
much
.
I
ca
n't
get
over
it
.
"
"
How
Nellie
will
chuckle
,
"
said
the
plump
man
.
"
She
always
said
that
you
would
die
of
boredom
because
nothing
ever
happened
to
you
.
And
now
you
've
got
it
thick
and
strong
,
"
and
he
began
to
laugh
very
pleasantly
.
