Here Comes a Chopper
“‘Her non-identification, mam, it was,’ replied the inspector, straightening up from peering into a gorse-bush. ‘We were not at all satisfied, mam. I suppose you knew that Mrs Denbies was out in her little car on the night before you found the body thrown in here?’ He indicated the small copse whose environs he was surveying.
‘Oh, you’ve found that out, have you?’ said Mrs Bradley, regarding him thoughtfully. ‘Yes, you were bound to, I suppose.’ ‘So you knew it, mam?’ ‘Certainly.’ ‘You didn’t te...ll us.’ ‘I assumed that if you had considered it important you would have questioned Mrs Denbies herself.’ ‘May I ask how you came to be aware, mam, that Mrs Denbies had been out of the house that night?’ ‘Mrs Denbies told me.’ ‘How did that come about, mam?’ ‘She had asked my advice about a private affair of her own, disregarded it, and came to tell me that she proposed to run contrary to it that very night.’ ‘And was going to be out of the house, mam?’ ‘And was going to be out of the house.’ ‘You didn’t actually see her go, I take it?’ ‘No, but I had no doubt that she went.MoreLess
‘Oh, you’ve found that out, have you?’ said Mrs Bradley, regarding him thoughtfully. ‘Yes, you were bound to, I suppose.’ ‘So you knew it, mam?’ ‘Certainly.’ ‘You didn’t te...ll us.’ ‘I assumed that if you had considered it important you would have questioned Mrs Denbies herself.’ ‘May I ask how you came to be aware, mam, that Mrs Denbies had been out of the house that night?’ ‘Mrs Denbies told me.’ ‘How did that come about, mam?’ ‘She had asked my advice about a private affair of her own, disregarded it, and came to tell me that she proposed to run contrary to it that very night.’ ‘And was going to be out of the house, mam?’ ‘And was going to be out of the house.’ ‘You didn’t actually see her go, I take it?’ ‘No, but I had no doubt that she went.MoreLess
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