The Sinister Monk Page #3

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of a monk walking in the moonlight.

It was undoubtedly the fog.

- Undoubtedly.

In any case,

all the girls are terribly frightened.

Come on!

Help! Help!

Hurry! Get in!

Come out of there!

Your game is finished, my friend!

Come out of there with your hands up.

I've got you covered.

I said come out of there!

Post C, this is Inspector Potter!

I have a present for Scotland Yard!

I want 3 men to report

to section MO298.

In other words, around 2 miles

from Darkwood Hall. Repeat the message!

Yes, Sir. 3 men to Section MO4...

- No! Not MO4! MO2!

Whoever is behind all this, those poor

girls are petrified by this monk!

I want you to send as many men

as possible to the school to protect us!

But really, Patricia!

Isn't this all rather fantastic?

I mean, why should your place suddenly

be overrun by sinister monks?

I'm not talking about a lot of monks.

Only about one monk!

But there aren't sufficient grounds to

warrant an intervention by Scotland Yard.

No? If something should happen to

One of the girls, my school would close!

And then I'd no longer pay taxes.

And one of you would be dismissed.

I hope that it's you!

- You hope that it's...

ls there anyone you suspect in particular?

- I can't imagine any reason why...

Oh, but I can! With all those

beautiful girls in one place!

Who would be eccentric enough to dress

like that! From the girls' description,

anyone at all could be the monk. Even you!

And maybe one day, you'll have to prove...

that you're not. Good morning!

- Good morning!

Information about the murder, Sir?

- No murder. She owns a boarding school.

That may be, Sir. But the murder...

- I'm telling you: No murder,

it's just a practical joke.

A monk who frightens young girls.

Oh, then you don't know yet?

Inspector Potter's been murdered.

Not true! Is it a fact?

- Yes. Here. On this road.

But wait a second. That road

is very near to Darkwood Hall,

the boarding school run by Lady Patricia

who was just here. Is there a link, Black?

I don't see how. Inspector Potter

was killed in such a way that no...

school girl would have had the strength

to do it. All the symptoms of a hanging.

Bruised throat, neck broken,

eyes protruding and so on.

Except he was killed standing up.

- Is that supposed to be a joke?

That's impossible, Black!

When do I get the autopsy report?

Doctor Howell is dictating it now.

But I see no connection...

between this murder and Darkwood Hall.

- Potter was working on a lead of his own.

And he asked me to give him a free hand.

I'm very sorry, now that I didn't go...

ahead with it. He once complained that it

was far harder to take care of a teenager

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