The two chief inspectors looked hard at each other. "All right," said Stone to the constable, "ask him to wait a few minutes. Tell him I shan't be long."
"Well, Elias, what about it?" asked Stone when the constable had left the room. "Shall we ask Gilbert to have a yarn with us? I think we're justified in telling him this new development."
"Y-e-s, I suppose we are," admitted Carter slowly, and his face broke into a dry smile, "although he's also one of the suspects."
"Gad, he's that right enough with Flower?" exclaimed Stone. "Why, if I hadn't arrived when I did, Gilbert would have been under arrest in another two minutes." He shook his head. "Still, we can put him right out of our calculations at once. We've never known him lose his temper, have we?"
"Never," replied Carter emphatical
