CHAPTER 38After a time spent in thought she proceeded to the study and, finding it empty, rang up Randal March.
“I have some information for you, and I think we had better speak French.”
This opening, delivered in the stiff grammatical French of his schoolroom days, roused him from the pleasant half hour of relaxation which he had intended to take before allowing his mind to dwell upon the Priory murder. He replied readily, but with that indomitable British accent which exemplifies the ability of the English to withstand foreign influences.
Miss Silver continued briskly.
“I do not wish to incur any further censure for withholding evidence, so I think I had better communicate a conversation which I have just overheard. Just a moment first, if you please.”
She laid down the receiver and
