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"If you follow the tracks," said Dr. Burrows, "you ought to be able to
see where the murderer went to."
"I'm afraid not," replied the sergeant. "There are no marks on the path
itself--the rock is too hard, and so is the ground above, I fear. But
I'll go over it carefully all the same."
The investigations being so far concluded, the body was lifted on to the
stretcher, and the cortege, consisting of the bearers, the Doctor, and
the fisherman, moved off towards the Gap, while the sergeant, having
civilly wished us "Good-evening," scrambled up the Shepherd's Path, and
vanished above.
"A very smart officer that," said Thorndyke. "I should like to know what
he wrote in his notebook."
"His account of the circumstances of the murder seemed a very reasonable
one," I said.
"Very. He noted the plain and essential facts, and drew the natural
conclusions from them. But there are some very singular features in this
case; so singular that I am disposed to make a few notes for my own
information."
He stooped over the place where the body had lain, and having narrowly
examined the sand there and in the place where the dead man's feet had
rested, drew out his notebook and made a memorandum.
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