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Richard Crayell is murdered in his own house. Dr. Crabtree and the Inspector are summoned. There were 5 weekend guests at the house plus the butler. The room in which the Inspector and Dr. Crabtree inspect the evidence is overheated, and some candles are bent. The heat is from the gas logs, but the butler says Mr. Crayell rarely used them. The Inspector begins interrogating the guests. Some of the guests left the room during the evening. Some claimed they never left the room. Crayell intended on leaving all his money to one of the guests, a young man. Suddenly, a mirror over the fireplaces cracks noisily. The butler reports hearing an argument between Crayell and one of the guests. A pair of gloves is found with the initials AC, but then Crabtree indicates the gloves are his own. Mr. Crabtree discovers a door leading outside has a string on a knob while the matching door is sealed with a nail. Crabtree calls the Inspector back. He has arranged a demonstration with a pistol. Crabtree shows how Crayell could have been killed when he opened the door to allow some outside air to cool the overheated room. Then a mysterious letter is delivered to Crabtree. He is supposed to come to the garage to meet the writer of the note. While talking to a man outside the garage door, the man is shot. Claire Abbott is suddenly exposed as the killer when lightning strikes a nearby lightning rod. Then the butler delivers yet another clue in the form of a sealed box. The Inspector takes charge of the box, fearlessly opening it, and reveals it is nothing more dangerous than a music box, thus, with a humorous note bringing the viewer to the end of a 20 minute short which has so many twists and turns, it is simply enchanting.