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A quarter of an hour later having minutely examined the place where the body had been found in the drive, the Chief Constable and the three detectives were alone together in the laundry with the body of the dead man.
Dr. Shillington had started to return with them as a matter of course, but Carter had told him bluntly and decisively that their deliberations would be private now, and that they must conduct their examination alone.