The Black Spectacles

Published in the United States as The Problem of the Green Capsule A Dr Gideon Fell mystery >"Most people," declared Marcus Chesney, "are absolutely incapable of describing accurately what they see or hear. If they see a street accident, a riot, or fight, their minds are so muddled that every account will be wildly at variance, and of no value to the police." But all his friends disagreed with this. So Marcus Chesney challenges them to a test. He will stage a very brief show for them, with his office as a stage and folding doors as a curtain. They shall sit in another room and watch it, while…