[Sherlock sighs, completely ignoring the advice about tact to focus on the problem at hand. He doesn't care if he offends people and so tact is unimportant.]
This is a party, you said it yourself, the absence of anyone would be noted in such small company. Only the host could excuse himself for any reasonable time, so what does that tell us? [He bangs his hand on the table, scattering pieces everywhere.] The victim and the killer are one and the same. There wasn't even a murder at all, only an unfortunate accident.
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[Sherlock sighs, completely ignoring the advice about tact to focus on the problem at hand. He doesn't care if he offends people and so tact is unimportant.]
This is a party, you said it yourself, the absence of anyone would be noted in such small company. Only the host could excuse himself for any reasonable time, so what does that tell us? [He bangs his hand on the table, scattering pieces everywhere.] The victim and the killer are one and the same. There wasn't even a murder at all, only an unfortunate accident.