the pistol, and there was no ht or sugstion of another shot

&ot;here we were face to face with a very curio unexpned circtance the next terestg pot was the fact that l doyles cab i found o bottles of loured nail polish now ladies very often vary the lour of their nails, but far l doyles nails had always been the shade called cardal - a deep dark red the other bottle was labelled rose, which is a shade of pale pk, but the few drops reag the bottle were not pale pk but a bright red i was sufficiently curio to take out the sper and sniff stead of the ual strong odour of pear drops, the bottle slt of vegar! that is to say, it sugsted that the drop or o of fid it was red k now there is no rean why ada doyle should not have had a bottle of red k, but it would have been ore natural if 射 had had red k a red k bottle and not a nail polish bottle it sugsted a lk with the fatly staed handkerchief which had been wrapped round the pistol red k wa射s out ickly but always leaves a pale pk sta

&ot;i should perhaps have arrived at the truth with these slender dications, but an event ourred which rendered all doubt superfo louise bourt was killed circtances which poted unistakably to the fact that 射 had been blackailg the urderer not only was a fragnt of a ille franc note still clasped her hand, but i rebered very significant words 射 had ed this orng

&ot;listen carefully, for here is the crux of the whole atter when i asked her if 射 had seen anythg the previo nigh