Mr and Mrs Wyatt went to the cottage, they saw no one leave after the shot had been fired.’
‘Of course no one escaped,’ snapped Perivale.
‘Exactly, sir. No one escaped for the very good reason that there was no one in the cottage except Tyson.’
‘In other words, you’re telling us that Tyson committed suicide.’
‘Of course,’ nodded Lathom confidently. Perivale was more irritated than ever.
‘My dear Inspector, I’m quite ready to believe that Tyson committed suicide; in fact, so far as I can see, there is no other possible explanation, but the point is, if Tyson killed himself, who put that note on the table? Who wrote the note? And why, in God’s name, did they take the trouble to write it immediately after Tyson died?’
‘Well, there’s only one possible explanation,’ began Lathom once more in his somewhat superior tone. ‘Tyson made up his mind to commit suicide, so he wrote the note first and then—’
‘You sit there and try to tell me he wrote that note himself!’ exclaimed Perivale, obviously quite staggered at the idea.
‘That’s what I said,’ maintained Lathom doggedly.
‘But, look here, Lathom,’ said Perivale, obviously trying to be patient. ‘We’ve proved quite conclusively that the note was written by the same person who sent notes to Maurice Knight and—’
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