The Almost Perfect Murder

judges, juries and the great public, all on your side, all they think of is evidence. It's absurd the importance they attach to evidence, which is the most unreliable thing in the world.\"

\"You can't take intuition into a court of law,\" said the Inspector.

\"So much the worse for the court,\" she retorted. \"That's why so many trials are solemn farces. And look at the work it makes for me! Three quarters of my time, I suppose,


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judges, juries and the great public, all on your side, all they think of is evidence. It's absurd the importance they attach to evidence, which is the most unreliable thing in the world.\"

\"You can't take intuition into a court of law,\" said the Inspector.

\"So much the worse for the court,\" she retorted. \"That's why so many trials are solemn farces. And look at the work it makes for me! Three quarters of my time, I suppose,


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