'That's not quite true,' she said. 'I don't particularly dislike you— well, not as much as I did. But perhaps you'll tell me why Mr Gringall is going to be too busy to talk to Willie about me. Has he found the murderer?'
Callaghan looked modest.
'I found him,' he said. 'I handed him to Gringall on a plate. Don't you know who it is?'
He leaned forward and looked straight into her eyes.
'It's somebody you're a bit sorry for, isn't it?' he said. 'But I think your sorrow is misplaced. I think the feller's a thoroughly bad lot without one redeeming feature in his whole make-up. He's probably played on your sympathy though on such occasions as you've come across him. Bellamy's got brains all right!'
She started.
'Bellamy... So they know!'
He nodded grimly.
'Miss Meraulton,' he said softl
