”Ican’t。Ihatethefellow。Ihateanyonewhomakesmelookridiculous。He-well，well，ifyou’llhaveit，sir，Iwillsaythismuch。Ifitweren’tforthatblastedcoincidenceofthetwodeathsequallymysterious，equallyunderhiseye，I’dstakemylifeonhishonesty。Butthatcoincidencestumpsmeand-andasortoffeelingIhavehere。”Itistobehopedthattheslaphegavehisbreast，atthispoint，carriedoffsomeofhissuperfluousemotion。”Youcan’taccountforafeeling，Mr。Gryce。Themanhasnoheart。He’sashardasrocks。””Anotuncommonlackwheretheheadplayssobigapart。Wecan’thanghimonanysuchargumentasthat。You’vefoundnoevidenceagainsthim?””N-no。”ThehesitatingadmissionwasonlyaproofofSweetwater’sobstinacy。”Thenlistentothis。Thetestwiththelettersfailed，becausewhathesaidaboutthemwastrue。Theywerenotmeantforhim。
MissChallonerhadanotherlover。””Onlyanother?Ithoughttherewereahalf-dozen，atleast。””Anotherwhomshefavoured。Thelettersfoundinherpossession-nottheonesshewroteherself，butthosewhichwerewrittentoheroverthesignature0。B。werenotallfromthesamehand。
Expertshavebeenbusywiththemforaweek，andtheirreportsareunanimous。The0。B。whowrotethethreateninglinesacknowledgedtobyOrlandoBrotherson，wasnotthe0。B。whopennedallofthoseloveletters。Thesimilarityinthewritingmisledusatfirst，butoncethedoubtwasraisedbyMr。Challoner’sdiscoveryofanallusioninoneofthemwhichpointedtoanotherwriterthanMr。
Brotherson，andexpertshadnodifficultyinreachingthedecisionIhavementioned。””Two0。B。s！Isn’tthatincredible，Mr。Gryce?”
Yes，itisincredible；buttheincredibleisnottheimpossible。