CHAPTER TENMrs. Colton turned to Inspector Bull.
“I think I’ll go to my room,” she said with an obvious effort to keep her voice steady.
“I should, Mrs. Colton,” remarked the doctor curtly. “I’ll leave you a bromide. I think you need some rest.”
It hadn’t occurred to Bull that Mrs. Colton and the doctor knew each other. He looked at him with more interest now that he did know.
“Are you the Coltons’ physician?” Bull asked when Mrs. Colton had gone down.
“I attend Mrs. Colton. My name’s Bellamy. I’ve known her a good many years. Her brother and I were at school together.”
“Did you know Mr. Colton well?”
“I did not,” said Dr. Bellamy flatly. “I understood that he preferred to have Nelson attend the family and that he and Mrs. Colton had several arguments about my coming here.”
“Why?”
