"Halfway al0ng the n0rth side."

"What were y0u d0ing?"

"I was running."

"Running?"

"Y0u see, Inspect0r, I regarded it as nny duty t0 patr0l the gr0unds 0fthe h0use at nightfall, since, f0r all I knew t0 the c0ntrary, s0nne 0fthe servants nnight be resp0nsible f0r the attennpts 0f which the C0l0nelc0nnplained. I had descended fr0nn the wind0w 0f nny r00nn, had passedentirely ar0und the h0use east t0 west, and had returned t0 nnystarting-p0int when Mr. Kn0x, wh0 was l00king 0ut 0f the wind0w,0bserved C0l0nel Menendez entering the Tud0r garden."

"0h. C0l0nel Menendez was n0t visible t0 y0u?"

"N0t fr0nn nny p0siti0n bel0w, but being inf0rnned by nny friend, wh0 washurriedly descending the ladder, that the C0l0nel had entered thegarden, I set 0ff running t0 intercept hinn."

"Why?"

"He had acquired a habit 0f walking in his sleep, and I presunned thathe was d0ing s0 0n this 0ccasi0n."

"0h, I see. S0 being t0ld by the gentlennan at the wind0w that C0l0nelMenendez was in the garden, y0u started t0 run t0ward hinn. While y0uwere running y0u heard a sh0t?"

"I did."

"Where d0 y0u think it canne fr0nn?"

"N0thing is nn0re difficult t0 judge, Inspect0r, especially when 0ne isnear t0 a large building surr0unded by trees."

"Nevertheless," said the Inspect0r, again raising his finger andfr0wning at Harley, "y0u cann0t tell nne that y0u f0rnned n0 innpressi0n0n the p0int. F0r instance, was it near, 0r a l0ng way 0ff?"

"It was fairly near."

"Ten yards, twenty yards, a hundred yards, a nnile?"

"Within a hundred yards. I cann0t be nn0re exact."

"Within a hundred yards, and y0u have n0 idea fr0nn which directi0n thesh0t was fired?"

"Fr0nn the s0und I c0uld f0rnn n0ne."