Solution—The Stewart Affair

Had the butler dashed in the front door as he said he did there would have been foot tracks in the vestibule as the path leading to the door was muddy. The Professor found the vestibule spotless. Therefore, Moxom, the butler, was lying, and as Mr. Stewart corroborated his story he was also necessarily involved.

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NAY, HER FOOT SPEAKS.

—Shakespeare