CHAPTER TWENTY-TWOFrank Abbott hung up the receiver.
‘That was Mr. Maudsley the solicitor. He says Jonathan Field rang him up at about half past nine on Tuesday evening and told him he had destroyed the will signed only that morning. Mr. Maudsley had made rather strong representations on the grounds of its being unjust. Jonathan had come to feel that this was the case, and he had just finished burning the will.’
Miss Silver inclined her head.
‘Yes, I was able to hear most of what was said.’
Frank lifted an eyebrow.
‘Very convenient for Miss Georgina Grey. Jonathan Field must have rung up as soon as she left him and went back to the drawing-room, and before Stokes came in with the drinks. Now the question is, did she come down later on and shoot him, or have we got to find another susp
