Indeed! If, that unfortunate death was murder, how could the murderer have escaped? The Baron’s room was not only insulated, but sealed. Its window was barred, and the door, locked from inside, made it impossible for any human being to leave the scene, once the crime had been committed. It looked like I was now, facing a case that could neither be homicide, nor suicide! A glimpse at the table gave me little indication of what had been the Baron’s last activities before going to bed. A carafe of water was sitting on a small silver tray, next to an empty glass left, itself, on the wooden top. Other such objects, as the usual pieces one would find on a night table, were also there; a box of cigarettes, a lighter the size of a big apple, and a hard cover book which I neglected to open. I felt it was time to go downstairs, rejoin the others, and call the
Indeed! If, that unfortunate death was murder, how could the murderer have escaped? The Baron’s room was not only insulated, but sealed. Its window was barred, and the door, locked from inside, made it impossible for any human being to leave the scene, once the crime had been committed. It looked like I was now, facing a case that could neither be homicide, nor suicide! A glimpse at the table gave me little indication of what had been the Baron’s last activities before going to bed. A carafe of water was sitting on a small silver tray, next to an empty glass left, itself, on the wooden top. Other such objects, as the usual pieces one would find on a night table, were also there; a box of cigarettes, a lighter the size of a big apple, and a hard cover book which I neglected to open. I felt it was time to go downstairs, rejoin the others, and call the