Chapter 14

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​⁠The popular fallacy which likens circumstantial evidence to a chain naturally found no acceptance in the mind of Superintendent Merrington. If a link in a chain snaps, the captive springs free, but if he is bound by a rope it is necessary for all the strands to be severed before liberty can be regained.

Merrington remained at Heredith to weave additional strands for the rope of circumstantial evide