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           Ifyouhaditwithyouthisminuteyouwouldseethat–thechairbeingdrawnoutinthepositionindicatedbyParker–itwouldstandinadirectlinebetweenthedoorandthewindow.""Thewindow!"Isaidquickly.

           "You,too,havemyfirstidea.Iimaginedthatthechairwasdrawnoutsothatsomethingconnectedwiththewindowshouldnotbeseenbyanyoneenteringthroughthedoor.ButIsoonabandonedthatsupposition,forthoughthechairwasagrandfatherwithahighback,itobscuredverylittleofthewindow–onlythepartbetweenthesashandtheground.No,monami–butrememberthatjustinfrontofthewindowtherestoodatablewithbooksandmagazinesuponit.Nowthattablewascompletelyhiddenbythedrawn-outchair–andimmediatelyIhadmyfirstshadowysuspicionofthetruth.

           "Supposingthattherehadbeensomethingonthattablenotintendedtobeseen?Somethingplacedtherebythemurderer?AsyetIhadnoinklingofwhatthatsomethingmightbe.ButIknewcertainveryinterestingfactsaboutit.

           Forinstance,itwassomethingthatthemurdererhadnotbeenabletotakeawaywithhimatthetimethathecommittedthecrime.Atthesametimeitwasvitalthatitshouldberemovedassoonaspossibleafterthecrimehadbeendiscovered.Andso–thetelephonemessage,andtheopportunityforthemurderertobeonthespotwhenthebodywasdiscovered.

           "Nowfourpeoplewereonthescenebeforethepolicearrived.Yourself,Parker,MajorBlunt,andMr.Raymond.