CHAPTER 101
“I am very sorry to have to bother you with questions, Miss Vanstead. I realise just how unwelcome this enquiry must be, but I hope that you will agree that it is essential to get the full facts.”
Judith Vanstead looked at Macdonald with heavy eyes. “I should have thought the facts were painfully obvious,” she said wearily. “Of course I will do my best to answer your questions fully. If I am irritable, I would ask you to remember that this is the second time within a few months that this nightmare business of question and answer has been inflicted on us.”
“I should be the last person to forget that,” said Macdonald quietly. “Believe me, I do not wish to cause you further distress, but the fact that father and son both died an unnatural death cannot be ignored.”
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