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Here was another blazing sensation for Oxley people, and one that was likely to occupy them some considerable time. Not that Archenfield was in the least concerned with what the people in that gossiping little town would say or think; his immediate business was to see that as little as possible outside the bare details necessary for the inquest trickled through to the public. And, therefore, he was glad of the opportunity on the following morning of discussing the details of the ghastly business with Captain Cole before the arrival of the coroner.
"I am pleased that you have come over so early," he said to the Chief Constable, as they sat in the library just after breakfast. "I would have asked you to have come out last night, as it was, but I didn't want to worry you."