In this , a murder has been committed.

"You! You slew him with that tomahawk; and as you stood over his body with the letter in your hand, you thought that no witness saw the deed, that no eye was on you."

"What does all this mean?"

"I wouldn't look for meaning, James."

"They found a man whose initials matched the first letter of each word in a particular place-name. They either led him to this place or waited for him to wander there on his own. Then they killed him."

"Yes. This seems to be what happened."

"Why?"

"The letters matched."

"That's no answer."

"I wouldn't look for answers," he said.