Solution—The Mystic Solves His Murder

The Professor detained Ida Pettinelli. The button torn from the coat found on the floor, and clasped in the mystic’s hand, left a hole on the left side of the coat. Only women’s coats have buttons on the left side.

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THE WAY OF THE WORLD IS TO MAKE LAWS, BUT FOLLOW CUSTOMS.

—Montaigne