THE EVIDENCE OF THE SANDS
"This is the oft-wished hour, when we together
May walk upon the sea-shore."
Death's Jest-Book
Tuesday, 23 June
If either Harriet Vane or Lord Peter Wimsey felt any embarrassment at meeting again after their burst of free speech, they did not show it. Both had a story to tell, and were thus spared the awkwardness of being gravelled for lack of matter.
"Cipher letters? Is it possible that Mrs. Weldon is all right and that we are all wrong? It makes it look more like murder, anyhow, which is one up to us. I don't think much of Mrs. Lefranc's suggestion about speculations, but it's perfectly obvious that Alexis had some scheme in hand, and it may be that the scheme went wrong. I don't know.... I don't know.... Were there, perhaps, two different sets of circumst
