Part twenty-six.

It works if you write it this way, though I feel like more people write it as Part 26.

After dismissing the leads pointing ton Forrester’s guilty as worthless, Inspector Steine moves on to the playwright Jack Braithwaite, who is, also, as yet,still at large.

Penny, his girlfriend as well as a cast member, reveals that, this afternoon, he was fuming at Crystal’s upcoming review of “A Shiling in the Meter”.

But she does not believe he could have gone to such lengths to stop the review hitting the paper.

"Could have" is often written as "could've".

However, Todd Blair thinks the opposite, h. He quotes Jack’s own words as “I’ll kill him!

He said he needed to go back to his lodging; he was worried about something there but would not say what.” Steine eagerly suggests “perhaps it was a gun?” but is soon feels flattened to get ashot down with negative answer: “Shame.

I thought we had him.” Yet the police officers ask for his address, and heads there straight away.

As they approach the house, Steine is deep in thought : “wWhat is the exact form of words are used when making an arrest?” Eventually he gives up and has Brunswick take over; the Sergeant feels flattered, he has Steines’ trust for a change.

After waiting several minutes for someone to answer, a Mrs. Thorpe, who is Jack’s landlady, opens the door.

She is puzzled by their presence and asks; Steine recklessly answers, “We are here to arrest Jack Braithwaite for the murder of A.S. Crystal”, to which, Brunswick promptly chips in, “or to possibly eliminate him from our inquiries.

This story is written in present tenses on purpose (analyse the story as if it takes place while you read it).

After dismissing the leads on Forrester’s guilty as worthless, Inspector Steine moves on to playwright Jack Braithwaite, who is also, as yet, at large.

However, Todd Blair thinks the opposite, he quotes Jack’s own words: “I’ll kill him!

That bastard!” Brunswick enquires when Penny has last seen Jack:. “It was around seven.

The colon here implies that Brunswick is talking.

He said he needed to go back to his lodging; he was worried about something there but would not say what.” Steine eagerly suggests “pPerhaps it was a gun?” but soon feels flattened to get a negative answer:. “Shame.

As they approach the house, Steine is deep in thought : “wWhat is the exact form of words used when making an arrest?” Eventually he gives up and has Brunswick take over; the Sergeant feels flattered, he has Steine’s trust for a change.

After waiting several minutes for someone to answer, a Mrs. Thorpe, who is Jack’s landlady, opens the door.

She is puzzled by their presence and asks; Steine recklessly answers, “We are here to arrest Jack Braithwaite for the murder of A.S. Crystal”, to which, .” ¶
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Brunswick promptly chips in, “oOr to possibly eliminate him from our inquiries.

Having multiple people talking in the same sentence can be confusing.

Sir, we don’t actually know if he’s the culprit yet.” Brunswick presses on, apprising her of Penny’s statement.

When his words finally sink in, she gasps, “I begged him not to...not tonight.” She then calls out to Jack Braithwaite, thinking he would surely be in his room, but no answer comes.