This thing with Ralph has you looking at everyone as a murderer in the making.
Upon the first discovery of the corpse, it was not supposed that the murderer would be able to elude, for more than a very brief period, the inquisition which was immediately set on foot.
Having rid himself of his ghastly charge, the murderer would have hastened to the city.
Meaning the murderer was still there, at the Nikitin cabin, when I arrived last night.
I saw no means by which it would be possible to trace the murderer.
What if the murderer took it away from her and used it on her?
While her explanations left minor doubt over her guilt, casting her as the murderer had too many holes.
He was worried that something might happen to it once it became apparent how easy it was for a murderer to sneak around campus.
We can only account for its absence by supposing the murderer to have neglected the precaution of supplying himself with it before pushing off.
And, now, the murderer bethought him, unquestionably, of the bandage about the loins.
