Inglethorp
arrested _now_? That should have conveyed something to you."
"Do you mean to say you suspected him as long ago as that?"
"Yes. To begin with, whoever else might benefit by Mrs.
Inglethorp's death, her husband would benefit the most. There
was no getting away from that. When I went up to Styles with you
that first day, I had no idea as to how the crime had been
committed, but from what I knew of Mr. Inglethorp I fancied that
it would be very hard to find anything to connect him with it.
When I arrived at the chateau, I realized at once that it was
Mrs. Inglethorp who had burnt the will; and there, by the way,
you cannot complain, my friend, for I tried my best to force on
you the significance of that bedroom fire in midsummer."
"Yes, yes," I said impatiently. "Go on."
"Well, my friend, as I say, my views as to Mr. Inglethorp's guilt
were very much shaken. There was, in fact, so much evidence
against him that I was inclined to believe that he had not done
it."
"When did you change your mind?"
"When I found that the more efforts I made to clear him, the more
efforts he made to get himself arrested.
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