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It is quite clear that it 's the same cane . Fred did not buy it , since he was in London . Like you , I think that he found it somewhere near Monsieur Robert Darzac . But if , as you suppose , the murderer was in The `` Yellow Room '' for five , or even six hours , and the crime was not committed until towards midnight , the purchase of this cane proves an incontestable alibi for Darzac . '' CHAPTER XIII . `` The Presbytery Has Lost Nothing of Its Charm , Nor the Garden Its Brightness '' A week after the occurrence of the events I have just recounted -- on the 2nd of November , to be exact -- I received at my home in Paris the following telegraphic message : `` Come to the Glandier by the earliest train . Bring revolvers .