“And very bravely you did face them,” nodded Larose. “I am sure it was you who made even Inspector Stone believe there was no collusion between you all.” He made a grimace. “But you must agree that Chime had made everything look very black against you girls.”
“Yes, I can't understand Chime,” said Eva with a frown. “Thank Heaven, after that first night, he's never told the same story twice.” She laughed. “But, really, I have never known him so absolutely stupid, as he was in the witness box today. In a general way, he's certainly by no means a fool, but this morning it was exactly as if he'd got no intelligence at all.”
“And it was a good thing for you that he seemed like that,” nodded Larose, “for he quite convinced the coroner that no reliance could be placed upon anything he said, and
