"We may dismiss that possibility," said Lee. "Gavin certainly wrote this
letter."
"You may be right, but until we have further evidence, we must still
reckon on the possibility of suicide. . . . There is something else."
"Yes?" asked Cynthia anxiously.
"Six little marks on Gavin's forehead, as if he had struck against
something, not hard. I don't know yet what they signify. The police were
so sure it is suicide they paid no attention. I have made a sketch of
the marks."
"I found Gavin's address book, but the little book bound in green
Morocco which he entered ideas for plots, scenes and characters is
missing."
"It was always in Gavin's desk," said Reebok easytone
"What happened last night after Fanny and I went home?" asked Lee.
Cynthia described what had taken place word by word, as closely as she
could remember. She cried out passionately: "It is easy to see who . .
."
the obvious explanation. We must always have the unknown quantity in
mind. If there is a murderer it may be somebody we never heard of."
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