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"I am going to ask for your collaboration in another case," said Thorndyke, a day or two later. "It appears to be one of suicide, but the solicitors to the ‘Griffin' office have asked me to go down to the place, which is in the neighbourhood of Barnet, and be present at the post mortem and the inquest. They have managed to arrange that the inquest shall take place directly after the post mortem, so that we shall be able to do the whole business in a single visit."
"Is the case one of any intricacy? " I asked.