CHAPTER 21"It is inevitable!" Inspector Stoddart said, and there was no faintest shadow of yielding in his tone.
The manager of Stormount's stood a minute staring at the inspector's card. At last he looked up.
"It is extremely awkward. I don't see how it is to be managed in the circumstances."
"It must be managed," the inspector said emphatically. "Surely you frequently engage fresh waiters?"
"Naturally. But our waiters don't get much chance of seeing Se?or Jaime da Dominiguez. His meals are served in the dining-room of Lady Burslem's suite; and he, as well as Lady Burslem when she takes her meals there, is waited upon by Lady Burslem's own maid."
"Isn't that rather extraordinary?" Stoddart questioned.
The manager shrugged his shoulders.
"It may be; we are used to all sorts of eccen
