“And he did get the chance,” nodded Larose grimly, “and it was the absence of those fingermarks that turned Inspector Stone's suspicions upon him.”
“Oh! then does the Inspector really suspect him?” asked Lady Mentone fearfully, and with her eyes opened very wide. “Norman has been thinking all along from the questions he put to him that he did.”
“Yes, he suspects him right enough,” replied Larose, “and he's gone up to ‘The Towers’ to question him now. No, don't worry. He'll get nothing out of him. The doctor will know it's all suspicion and that there is no proof. Go on, please. What happened the next morning when the doctor came up to the Priory?”
Lady Mentone smiled again, a very wan little smile, however. “He nearly gave himself away, for, meeting Eva alone as he came into the hall, h
