Later in the day, Hope, having taken a cold bath
to freshen himself up, came with the confession. This he gave to
the officer and explained the whole story of the previous night.
Date was more than astonished: he was astounded. He read the
confession and made notes; then he sent for Sir Frank Random, and
examined him in the same strict way as he had examined the
artist. Jane was also questioned. Widow Anne was put in the
witness box, so as to report about the clothes, and in every way
Date gathered material for another inquest. At the former one he
had only been able to place scanty evidence before the jury, and
the verdict had been unsatisfactory to the public. But on this
occasion, seeing that the witnesses he could bring forward would
solve the mystery of the first death as well as the second,
Inspector Date exulted greatly. He saw himself promoted and his
salary raised, and his name praised in the papers as a zealous
and clever officer. By the time the inquest came to be held, the
inspector had talked himself into believing that the whole
mystery had been solved by himself. But before that time came
another event happened which astonished everyone, and which made
the final phase of the green mummy crime even more sensational
than it had been.
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