Chapter 32Miss Silver sat silent in the back of the car until they had passed through Cliff. Then she leaned forward and spoke.
‘Captain Taverner, would it be trespassing too much on your kindness if I were to ask you to take me up to Cliff House? I would like to speak to Inspector Abbott.’
Jeremy said, ‘Of course.’ And then, ‘We had tea with Jack Challoner, you know. Abbott wasn’t there then, but of course he may have come in since.’
Frank Abbott had not come in. Matthews stood there waiting. Miss Silver addressed herself to Jeremy.
‘Sir John Challoner is a friend of yours. Do you think he would allow me to use the telephone? I would rather not use the instrument at the inn.’
Jeremy went into the house and came out again with a large red-headed young man, whom he introduced. Miss Sil
