Redmond contemplates Wallace's story and his fate and glances at the newspaper containing his death notice before he explains the circumstances surrounding his demise. Wallace's body had been found in a construction site near the East Kensington Station. An extension of the railway was being built there, and there was a very deep hole in the ground. A blockade had been secured around it with a doorway for the convenience of the workmen. The door had accidentally been left unlocked.
Redmond wonders if a trick of light had made it appear that the blockade was a white wall and the door his green door leading to the garden. Or perhaps there was no real garden, door,.....
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