Lombard said dryly: “It’s easier of belief than the truth! If the village were told that the island was to be isolated until Mr. Unknown Owen had quietly murdered all his guests—do you think they’d believe that?” Dr. Armstrong said: “There are moments when I can’t believe it myself. And yet—” Philip Lombard, his lips curling back from his teeth said: “And yet—that’s just it! You’ve said it, doctor!”
