'Well, I reckon I can get her out of this business. All I've got to do is to switch the time that she was in my office, that's all. I reckon that a court has got to take my word just as well as anybody else's.' He smiled frankly. 'You see, Mr Meraulton, I'm puttin' all my cards on the table.'
Willie Meraulton said nothing. His eyes were troubled.
'Just now I'm trying to put myself in the position of Gringall— the man at the Yard in charge of this job,' Callaghan went on. 'Gringall's a fast worker. He's not goin' to let any grass grow under his feet. Just let's save a lot of talkin' an' you answer a few questions for me, Mr Meraulton.'
Meraulton looked out of the window.
'I'll tell you anything I can,' he said soberly, 'anything that will help Cynthis.'
'Well,' said Callaghan quietly,
