CHAPTER 16"The marriage arranged between Mr. John Larpent and the Hon. Paula Galbraith will not take place."
"H'm!" said the inspector, reading the foregoing paragraph aloud. "So that's that! I wonder just how much it means?"
"I wonder!" said Harbord. "I suppose she has left the Abbey?"
"Went away yesterday morning," the inspector assented. "Of course Larpent hasn't been there for some time, as you know."
"I'm not surprised. Personally I don't believe Larpent had anything to say to the murder, but whenever I saw them they always seemed to be quarrelling, and they never behaved like an engaged couple. I wonder the affair lasted as long as it did."
"So do I!" the inspector agreed. "Paula Galbraith is a good-looking girl enough as girls go nowadays, not as much powder and paint as some o
