Mr. Inspector had delivered his summing up, and had added these words, with his elbows leaning on his desk, and the fingers and thumb of his right hand, fitting themselves to the fingers and thumb of his left. Mr. Inspector moved nothing but his eyes, as he now added, raising his voice:

“Turned you faint, sir! Seems you’re not accustomed to this kind of work?”

The stranger, who was leaning against the chimneypiece with drooping head, looked round and answered, “No. It’s a horrible sight!”

“You expected to identify, I am told, sir?”

“Yes.”

“ Have you identified?”