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Calling Hitchcock the “master of suspense” is a useful historical shortcut, but it says little about how his films work. A more useful method asks what the viewer knows, from where they look, how long they must wait, and what framing, cutting, sound and space do to make that position unstable.
Moderate spoiler warning: this guide does not reveal the ending, but it does discuss situations and staging decisions from the middle section. Its proposal is simple: return to Conclave not to reconstruct a chain of secrets, but to follow the permissions, doors and listening points that regulate what the characters and the audience know.
A pre-existing image may provide information, summon a past or simply create a feeling of authenticity. Before accepting it as evidence, it is worth asking where it came from, what has happened to it and what claim it now supports.