- A young boy witnesses what sounds like a robot and men with guns near the creek where he was fishing, but no one at the precinct quite believes him.
- When a young boy, Alwyn Jones, reports seeing a giant shiny knight in the woods, Inspector Murdoch takes an interest and walks the boy home. There, he meets Alwyn's very attractive - and widowed - mother Enid. He doesn't have much time with her however since he's called away to investigate a murder. The victim is Professor Ezra Delamore, a mathematician who now works for a major industrialist. Dr. Ogden confirms that the man was poisoned and the fatal dose was administered in a unique way. When young Alwyn disappears, they find a dwarf floating in the river while looking for him, also poisoned. Also involved in the case is the very secretive government agent Terence Meyers. Murdoch and Dr. Ogden's relationship has yet to unthaw but she seems to be coming around slowly. It all may be for naught as the detective has decided to make a social call on Mrs. Jones.—garykmcd
- Crabtree refers pre-teen fatherless Alwyn Jones, who reports having seen a giant silver knight by the river, so Murdoch, who goes check and brings the cutie home to his mother Enid Jones, just what he needs now Julia seems out of the picture. Later retired mathematics professor Ezra Delamore, employed by machines industrialist Martin Hammerton, is found poisoned with Pruissian acid, by ingenious injection by a fake blind man's cane. Government spy Terence Meyers requires police help to solve the murder, suggesting the killer be elusive Prussian spy Kaspar Bomgaarts. Ezra's notes, partially confided to his maid, and examination of the firm and government interest prove useful when Alwayn goes missing and the 'silver knight' he saw turns out a military robot prototype, which William believes impossible even before a dwarf's corpse is found in the river.—KGF Vissers
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