Chapter 18‘Doesn’t get us much forrader, does it?’ said Frank Abbott. ‘If the Duke woman stabbed him, why didn’t she get away while the going was good? She wasn’t there when Eily came down. If she killed the man, why should she come back and allow herself to be caught, quite literally, red-handed?’
Crisp frowned.
‘Say the girl Eily’s statement is correct. What she hears is the sound of the man falling. Mrs. Duke hears her coming and dodges back through the baize door, keeping it open a c***k. She sees Eily go into the lounge, and thinks she’ll have time to get away up the stairs.’
Frank’s fair eyebrows rose.
‘And she is found bending over the body. No—you can’t make it fit.’
Miss Silver coughed in a gentle deprecating manner.
‘You suggested that I should comment upon any point which
