He sat down and indicated that she should do likewise. Jenny sat as near the edge of her chair as she could without slipping off.
'I expect you've had some callers, haven't you, Jenny?' asked Callaghan winsomely. 'I expect Mr Gringall from Scotland Yard's been round here, hasn't he? He told me he was going to come round and have a little talk with you.'
She nodded.
'He was round here last night,' she said. 'He asked me if I knew where Miss Cynthis was. He asked me about her going away and if I knew where she'd gone to. I said I didn't and that anyhow if Miss Cynthis had wanted me to tell people where she was going to she'd have told me herself.'
She tossed her red head.
'Good girl,' said Callaghan. 'What else did he ask?'
'He asked me some funny things,' said the girl. 'He asked me i
