Kelley arrested Weeds, the butler. He said he dropped on the bed the
blood-covered towel with which he was trying to arrest the flow from the
maid’s wrist as Jones struck at him.
Yet Kelley and Fordney found the bed coverlet _immaculate_. Had Weeds
done as he said, there would have been blood-stains on the bedcover.
Blood follows blood.
Defoe.