Chapter 21
While we waited for the arrival of the men from Scotland Yard, my nephew and Dorincourt put together tea and Tanner and I made ourselves comfortable in Haynsworth’s study.
“What caused you to frown when you first saw Robert Dorincourt?” I asked idly.
“Eh?” Tanner had been studying the room, but at that he turned his attention back to me. “Oh, just for a moment he reminded me of someone.”
“Anyone in particular?” Since Dorincourt was blond, I knew it couldn’t be a past lover.
“If you must know, I thought there was a similarity to Andy, the merchant seaman I’d travelled to Rio with, but of course that’s utter rot. Dorincourt is very fair, while Andy was just the opposite.”
“Very intriguing.”
He shrugged. “It was probably because he was on my mind.”
“Oh?” Was Tanner starting
