"And now," added he; "I must
draw up my report. A rivederci, Signor Fortini! A rivederci,
Signori!"
"One word more, Signor Professore, before I leave you," said the
lawyer; "is the special knowledge you speak of, such as--any member
of your profession we will say--would be possessed of."
"Well, I should not say that it was likely such a method of
concealing a crime would have suggested itself to such an one, more
than to another. It is the clever invention of one who meditated
murder. But, I may say at once to you, what I shall have to say in
due season to the magistrates, that the trick is not a new one. I
have heard of such a thing before now."
"But not as a common thing," pursued the lawyer.
"Quite the reverse--as a very strange and peculiar thing," replied
the Professor.
"And when did you bear of a case of murder committed in this strange
and peculiar manner?" persisted the lawyer.
The Professor shot a sharp quick glance at the lawyer's face; and
his own flushed red as he replied, "Ay--if I could remember that--
but it is a reported case; anybody may have read it. A murder was
committed by similar means in the Island of Sardinia, not very long
ago!"
"Not very long ago," reiterated the lawyer, musingly.
"No, not very long ago; but the case has been reported, I tell you.
Anybody may have read it.
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