"When did this happen?" asked Lee.
"About nine hours ago. Say ten-thirty or eleven last night. There is
nothing here to interest us professionally. Clearly a suicide."
"He left a letter," said the Captain, handing Lee a manilla sheet that
appeared to have been torn off a pad on Gavin's desk. "I take it that's
his handwriting?"
MBT Tembean as a young man had taken the trouble to form a highly decorative
hand. The quaintly-formed characters were inimitable. "Undoubtedly,"
said Lee. He read the letter with a masklike face. "Do you recognise the
gun?" asked the Captain.
Instead of answering directly, Lee went to the desk at the other end of
the room and pulled out the middle drawer. He said: "Gavin kept his gun
here. It's gone. It was of the same style and calibre as that on the
floor. We may assume that that is his gun."
check fingerprints on the gun to make sure. There are powder burns
around the wound."
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