Chapter Eighteen“This must be the place, sir. Two miles out, and a high wall running all along by the road—”
Major Armitage brought the car to a standstill and swung round, his hand still on the steering wheel.
“Well, what’s the procedure?” he asked.
“Ask if the lady is at home as if you were paying a friendly call, I should say, sir.”
“No thanks, Williams. It’s a beastly job, but for the Lord’s sake don’t make it any worse than it is. This is an official visit, and you do the talking.”
“Very good, sir—it’s all in the day’s work as far as I’m concerned.”
They got out, tried the door in the wall, and found it unlocked whereat the inspector frowned.
“Either there’s nothing in it, or they’re expecting us,” he said, as they passed in.
There were lights in the front of the house. One ro
