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"His height I know that you might roughly judge from the length of his stride. His boots, too, might be told from their traces."

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"Yes, they were peculiar boots."

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"But his lameness?"

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"The impression of his right foot was always less distinct than his left. He put less weight upon it. Why? Because he limped -- he was lame."

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"But his left-handedness."

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"You were yourself struck by the nature of the injury as recorded by the surgeon at-the inquest. The blow was struck from immediately behind, and yet was upon the left side. Now, how can that be unless it were by a left-handed man? He had stood behind that tree during the interview between the father and son. He had even smoked there. I found the ash of a cigar, which my special knowledge of tobacco ashes enables me to pronounce as an Indian cigar.


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