Crow's Inn Tragedy (2015)
“He was finding his co-executor, the Rev. James Collyer, of very little use. It was rumoured that the rector had had a nervous breakdown, at any rate it appeared impossible to get him up to town and documents requiring his signature had to be sent to Wexbridge Rectory by special messenger.
Steadman was cogitating over this fact in some annoyance and deliberating the advisability of applying for the appointment of another executor, when he heard the sound of a taxi stopping before the door, a...nd looking up he saw Inspector Furnival getting out. He went into the hall to meet him.
The inspector was looking grave and perturbed.
“Have you heard?” he questioned breathlessly.
“Nothing!” Steadman answered laconically.
“Mrs. Carnthwacke was murderously assaulted this morning in her own carriage in one of London’s best-known thoroughfares!”
“What!”MoreLess
Steadman was cogitating over this fact in some annoyance and deliberating the advisability of applying for the appointment of another executor, when he heard the sound of a taxi stopping before the door, a...nd looking up he saw Inspector Furnival getting out. He went into the hall to meet him.
The inspector was looking grave and perturbed.
“Have you heard?” he questioned breathlessly.
“Nothing!” Steadman answered laconically.
“Mrs. Carnthwacke was murderously assaulted this morning in her own carriage in one of London’s best-known thoroughfares!”
“What!”MoreLess
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