THE OTHER DEBTORS, when questioned about their lies, made similar excuses to Harry Jones. As the old soldier, Jim Jenkins said, when they spoke to him and questioned him about what he knew of the affair, ‘If Harrison hadn’t been killed when he was, there might have been another death. Another suicide, like Peter Allbright. Maybe with the breathing space his murder has provided, anyone thinking of following his example will think again.’
Rafferty could only hope Jenkins was right.
With Peter Allbright dead and any secrets gone with him, Rafferty and Llewellyn resigned themselves to the investigation turning into a long haul rather than the easy option murder then suicide that Rafferty, at least, had hoped for. If Allbright had been the murderer, it seemed unlikely they would ever prove it
