City of Darkness And Light
“Mary said as she returned to the salon, having escorted the inspector to the door. “Such a lot of questions. I began to think he had been tipped off that our friends were hiding out here.”
“I know. It was most uncomfortable, knowing that they were upstairs, within his reach. And he is obviously suspicious of me.”
“You met him before, I understand?”
“I went to Mr. Bryce’s house, knowing that he had been in recent contact with Sid and Gus and hoping he might know where they had gone. ...I arrived to find the police stationed outside and Bryce dead. In order to gain entrance I said I was a friend of his family with a message for him. I got the feeling he thought the message I had come to deliver was in some way significant and that I was hiding the truth from him.”
“Ah, so no wonder he was interested when I claimed you were also a dear friend of my family at home,” she laughed.MoreLess
“I know. It was most uncomfortable, knowing that they were upstairs, within his reach. And he is obviously suspicious of me.”
“You met him before, I understand?”
“I went to Mr. Bryce’s house, knowing that he had been in recent contact with Sid and Gus and hoping he might know where they had gone. ...I arrived to find the police stationed outside and Bryce dead. In order to gain entrance I said I was a friend of his family with a message for him. I got the feeling he thought the message I had come to deliver was in some way significant and that I was hiding the truth from him.”
“Ah, so no wonder he was interested when I claimed you were also a dear friend of my family at home,” she laughed.MoreLess
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