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therthanhumanblood.Imyselfwasconsciousofa
fleetingmentalimageofsomeboyoramateurhuntsmanshootingarab-
bit scurrying over the snow.
Were there footprints anywhere near the spot?
Brander asked.
No.NofootprintsVanceanswered.Therewerehowevervague
impressions in the snow.
Anything definite?
No.
And Vance was permitted to step down.
DoctorQuaynewasthenswornin.Hisdignityandsoftmannerwere
impressive.Thejurylistenedwithpatentrespect.Thedoctor'stestimony
wasperfunctoryandtechnical.Hetoldoftheconditionofthebody
whenhefirstsawit;estimatedthetimeofdeath;andhastenedoverthe
findingsoftheautopsy.Heemphasizedhoweverthepeculiarskull
wound over Wallen's right ear.
Nowthisskullwounddoctorthecoronerinterposed.Justwhat
was peculiar about it?
Itwassomewhatsharplyoutlinedanddepressedrunningfromthe
rightearforaboutfourinchestowardthetemple—notexactlywhatone
would expect from even violent contact with a flat surface.
There was snow where Wallen struck?
About an inchI should say.
Didyouexaminethegroundunderthesnowforapossible
projection?
No. It would have been visible had it been there.
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and the groundaren't there?
Slight ones. Yes.
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' he addedwistfully. Poor
Mole