Убийство Роджера Экройда
The Whole Truth
"Isatisfiedmyselfthatthecallcouldnothavebeensentbyanyoneinthehouse,yetIwasconvincedthatitwasamongstthosepresentonthefataleveningthatIhadtolookformycriminal.ThereforeIconcludedthatthetelephonecallmusthavebeensentbyanaccomplice.Iwasnotquitepleasedwiththatdeduction,butIletitstandfortheminute.
"Inextexaminedthemotiveforthecall.Thatwasdifficult.Icouldonlygetatitbyjudgingitsresult.Whichwas–thatthemurderwasdiscoveredthatnightinsteadofinallprobability–thefollowingmorning.Youagreewiththat?""Ye-es,"Iadmitted."Yes.Asyousay,Mr.Ackroyd,havinggivenordersthathewasnottobedisturbed,nobodywouldhavebeenlikelytogotothestudythatnight.""Tresbien.Theaffairmarches,doesitnot?Butmatterswerestillobscure.Whatwastheadvantageofhavingthecrimediscoveredthatnightinpreferencetothefollowingmorning?TheonlyideaIcouldgetholdofwasthatthemurderer,knowingthecrimewastobediscoveredatacertaintime,couldmakesureofbeingpresentwhenthedoorwasbrokenin–oratanyrateimmediatelyafterwards.
Andnowwecometothesecondfact–thechairpulledoutfromthewall.InspectorRaglandismissedthatasofnoimportance.I,onthecontrary,havealwaysregardeditasofsupremeimportance.
"Inyourmanuscriptyouhavedrawnaneatlittleplanofthestudy.