Case for Three Detectives (1936)
“This, I reflected, accorded with precedent, for investigators in these cases are never, by any chance, to be taken by surprise. Mgr. Smith had smiled blandly as he had answered Lord Simon, while M. Picon, who had remained silent for some time, now started assiduously to rearrange the fire-irons. Only Lord Simon himself, who was always painstaking and thorough, seemed to have taken much notice of the fact that a Mr. Miles, a competent cat-burglar, was working in the district.
Before anyone else came into the room, he lifted the telephone receiver and asked the manager of the local hotel which was his porter’s night off. The manager appeared to feel no astonishment at this sudden query from a stranger, for we heard Lord Simon thank him with drawling civility, and watched him replace the receiver. He turned calmly to us. “Last night, Friday, of course,” he said.
“But naturally,” pouted M. Picon, while Mgr. Smith nodded absently.
“He was back at ten-thirty, though,” said Lord Simon.
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