They talked for a few more moments, then Anthony rose to leave.
‘Mustn’t keep you, I’ve imposed enough already.’
Before he reached the door, the solicitor had one more question.
‘Do you by any chance have a depressed sternum, Mr Oldfield?’ he asked with a mischievous look on his face.
Oldfield stared at Lethbridge in astonishment.
‘How on earth did you know that?’ he said.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
In regard to the use of diatoms, the reliability of which is still controversial, in the Yacht Christine case (R-v-Verrier, 1964), the body of a murdered man dropped off a yacht off the English coast was recovered many weeks later in Belgian waters. Forensic study of the diatoms established that they were of a type found only off the Kent coast and not on the opposite side of the Channel.
Bernard Knight
