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Three mornings later Inspector Stone and Mendel, who had motored down from Town, were closeted with the Chief Constable of Norwich and the superintendent of the Norwich police to report upon their progress in the matter of the investigation into the death of Dr. Simeon.
"And we tell you frankly, sir," said Stone, "that we are by no means satisfied that his death was accidental. Indeed, my colleague and I think there are good reasons to believe to the contrary. " He shook his head. "No, we are not in any way influenced to this conclusion by the fact that a valuable gold wrist-watch, which his housekeeper states he always wore, is missing. We don't believe that that had anything to do with the murder."