NO ONE ASKED
the Inspector replied.
I tried to keep calm. "You could be right," I say, "except for a couple of things."
The Inspector sighs. "And what may that be, Sherlock?"
"Well, let's start with the can of Diet Coke, the packet of cigarettes, and the cigarette lighter lined up neatly in a row on the narrow window ledge."
"What about them?"
"This lighter is a very slim and dainty object," I say, "Robbie Chase would have smashed the lighter on the floor, and he would have spilt the Coke if he had manoeuvred himself up. But they were perfectly placed there."