Keyes seems to have taken the roll of detective. He senses something isn't right with the way Mr. Nirdlinger died. Norton doesn't want to do anything that may rock the boat of the company, so he just wants to let it play out. Though the case looks like suicide, Keyes is suspicious about the details (57). He describes the various ways for someone to commit suicide, and jumping from a slow moving train isn't one of them (59-60). He has no evidence as to who did it, but he knows this doesn't smell right. Does Keyes have the spider senses that detectives seem to have that has his cockles up? He suspects murder. He also suspects that the wife is the one who did it (60). He also doesn't believe she did it by herself. Norton doesn't want to do anything that may defame the company by bringing false accusations against Phyllis (61-62), but Keyes knows something is going on. He wants to put the heat on her, so that when she cracks he will be there to take her down. He has the uncanny ability to be able to describe the possibilities of the crime. The details of the case just don't add up for Keyes. He isn't comfortable with coincidences. He describes the mechanisms of what appear to be the perfect crime to Walter that has him sweating (66-67). How does Keyes know the exact way the crime went down? Do we suppose that he also has used this scenario in his mind for creating the perfect murder? He'll let this one play out for the meantime while the ducks set themselves up for the big blow-up.
yes i to believe that Keyes has something going on be hide closed doors. he seem to know almost every thing that took place that night. he seemed to put things in perspective for those he worked with. I my self felt bad for Walter because that Keyes seems to know something about the murder that he dose not. i believe that girl and her boyfriend has some thing to do with Keyes knowledge of how it all went down. don’t you. I mean think about it the next day after Keyes talks to Mr. Nirdlinger , that girl and her man in up in Walters office. That cant just be by chances
ReplyDeleteI like the way you brought up how Keyes seems to know the facts about what happened. I think it is completly possible that he may have thought something like this out and maybe knows secretly that someone from within is in on the murder with Phyllis. I also like the way you point out facts from the book and then ask questions. It makes it very interesting to read and keeps me thinking.I also like the way instead of using quotes to say exactly what they said you summarize it using your own words. I really enjoyed reading your thoughts and am looking forward to reading more of your thoughts in future posts.
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