“I’ve often wondered,” said Miss Prince suddenly, “what first started the inquiry. After all, none of us had the slightest suspicion there was anything wrong, had we?”
Agatha Cheale turned herself about, and sitting down, gazed into the fire.
“Well,” she said at last, in a voice that had now become collected and steady, “though none of us suspected anything at the time, there may have been some outsider who thought it odd that there was no inquest.”
“I can tell you who that outsider was,” exclaimed Miss Prince. “Mrs. Cole-Wright thought it a most extraordinary thing that there was no inquest! I remember her saying so to me the very day of the funeral.”
“Perhaps she wrote to the police,” said Agatha Cheale in a hesitating voice.
“I’m sure she didn’t. She’s a cautious woman, and she’s a
