the telephone rang and a man's voice inquired for him.
I handed the instrument over to him. He presently clapped a hand over the transmitter and lifted a dismayed face.
\"It's the city editor of the Morning Press,\" he said. \"He tells me somebody has just called him up to say that the autopsy on the body of Ram Lal revealed no trace of poison. He wants me to confirm it. At my office they told him I was here.\"
Inspector Rumsey jumped up,
the telephone rang and a man's voice inquired for him.
I handed the instrument over to him. He presently clapped a hand over the transmitter and lifted a dismayed face.
\"It's the city editor of the Morning Press,\" he said. \"He tells me somebody has just called him up to say that the autopsy on the body of Ram Lal revealed no trace of poison. He wants me to confirm it. At my office they told him I was here.\"
Inspector Rumsey jumped up,
