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At last , after sitting and looking at the fire for some time he put on his cap and went to the residence of the chief constable . `` Excuse me , Mr. Henderson , but I have been thinking it over ever since you left . Whoever did this murder did not probably return to the road , but struck off somewhere across the fields . There was snow enough in the middle of the day to cover the ground ; it stopped falling at two o'clock , and has not snowed since . Might I suggest that in the morning a search should be made round the edge of the wood . If there are footprints found it might be of great importance . '' `` You are quite right , Mr. Wyatt , and I had already determined to go myself , with a couple of constables , at daylight . ''