Gunpowder Plot
“Scarlet with embarrassment, he gabbled, “Needn’t tell you, shan’t breathe a word, none of my business. Mum as the grave. Oh dear, not the best way to put it!” He pulled his gold hunter watch from his fob. “Dash it, is that the time? Bit of a rush, don’t you know. Anything my people can do for you, Chief Inspector . . . Know you’ll excuse me, Mrs. Fletcher!” Routed again, he bowed and fled, to Daisy’s vast relief. “‘ Stand not upon the order of your going,’ ” she muttered to herself, “‘ but go a...t once.’ And don’t come back.” She doubted he’d know how to start his car, but the van driver could move it when he came down. Alec looked after him grimly. “Let us hope he really can keep a still tongue in his head. Sir,” he said to Mr. Lewin, “while I appreciate the information, I can’t but feel it would have been preferable to convey it privately. I take it you are Sir Harold’s lawyer?” Lewin was almost as red in the face as Struwwelpeter had been.MoreLess
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