"She at least bears no marks of violence herself of any kind," I
commented.
"No," agreed Craig, "no, you are right so far." He added: "I shall
be very busy in the laboratory this afternoon, and probably
longer. However, drop in at dinner time, and in the meantime,
don't say a word to any one, but just use your position on the
Star to keep in touch with anything the police authorities may be
doing."
It was not a difficult commission, since they did nothing but
issue a statement, the net import of which was to let the public
know that they were very active, although they had nothing to
report.
Kennedy was still busy when I rejoined him, a little late
purposely, since I knew that he would be over his head in work.
"What's this--a zoo?" I asked, looking about me as I entered the
sanctum that evening.
There were dogs and guinea pigs, rats and mice, a menagerie that
would have delighted a small boy. It did not look like the same
old laboratory for the investigation of criminal science, though I
saw on a second glance that it was the same, that there was the
usual hurly-burly of microscopes, test-tubes, and all the
paraphernalia that were so mystifying at first but in the end
under his skilful hand made the most complicated cases seem
stupidly simple.
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