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"But we must wait, sir," insisted Larose when, half an hour later, he had finished telling the delighted inspector of the discoveries they had made at the cottage, "for, remember, we have nothing definite as yet against Slim, and it is really only the chauffeur, so far, who is implicated through his wife. Besides" -- and he spoke very thoughtfully -- "I am more puzzled than ever now about that killing of Captain Dane."
"Well, I'm not puzzled at all," exclaimed the inspector instantly. "I give my vote now most emphatically to Slim, for it is not possible to me we can have stumbled upon two distinct sets of criminals, operating independently, but, at the same time, up at the Court. We know positively now that there is a burglar under that roof, and we know equally as positively that there is a murderer, too, then what is more probable than that they should be both one and the same person?"