The county detective had taken the very thought that he had been about to express.

The county detective remarked that the entire house had been ransacked.

The hatchet-faced county detective thought a while before he made his statement.

"I'm going over to the nearest house and call the county detective."

The county detective arose solemnly and went to a closet.

Rising from his chair, the county detective marched to a door and opened it.

There was no challenge of the third degree in the county detective's manner.

The county detective had entered the room after the removal of the dog.

The county detective frowned as he read the scrawled lines.

They reached Tharbel's house, and went in to see the county detective.