From the number of cars parked along Brandgwyn’s drive it seemed that the press had taken over. Margot left the convertible at the garage and went into the house by the back way.
Buttonholing Jarvis in the butler’s pantry, she learned that Dr. Ruddage had come, had given Melissa a checkup, and had gone. Further data: one of Buran’s men was questioning the staff in the servants’ quarters, and Bruce Calverse was passed out cold in an upstairs guest room.
Concerning the press, Jarvis’s report on their activities showed that his poise was rapidly growing nonexistent. “Every room downstairs here, Miss Gilland, like they was owning Brandgwyn and all our bodies and souls and with their camera lights just like fireflies popping. Even, they drove me into standing out on the porch and pointing at
