CHAPTER TWENTY-THREEIt was not very long after Randal March had taken his leave that Charles Forrest’s car drew up in front of Warne House. He got out, and Stacy Mainwaring got out. All very interesting for Edna Snagge, who was just going off duty. She wondered what it would be like to marry someone and leave him, and then come down and meet him again as if none of it had ever happened.
Charles put Stacy in the study and went off to get Miss Silver, whom he found in the writing-room sitting by the window, enjoying a cool breeze and considering her late conversation with the Chief Constable. He came in and said,
“Stacy wants to see you. At least that’s putting it rather high—there’s something I think she ought to tell you.”
He was impressed by the fact that she asked no questions, merely
