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Blake smiled as he took another cigarette. He had a good deal to say yet, but he was not going to be hustled.
"You seem to forget," he said. "That I have come down here in charge of a sensational criminal case. I didn't come here entirely to coach you in Scotland Yard methods so that you might be able to get all your details correct for your new book. Of course, I have not the slightest objection to showing you all my tricks when the case is finished. Meanwhile, don't forget that I have my own reputation to think about. Even friendship must not be allowed to interfere. Now, you are under the impression that I have been more or less idle since I have been down here. Nothing of the kind, my dear chap. Would it astonish you very much if I told you exactly how Richard Grimshaw was killed and exactly what happened here in the library on the night of his death? Yes, I see that shakes you up a bit."