Chapter 15: A Photograph

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​⁠The doctor’s words were so surprising that we were all momentarily taken aback. Here was a man stabbed with a dagger which we knew to have been stolen only twenty-four hours previously, and yet Dr. Durand asserted positively that he had been dead at least forty-eight hours! The whole thing was fantastic to the last extreme.

We were still recovering from the surprise of the doctor’s announcement, wh