Miss Seeton Draws the Line by Carvic Heron

Author:Carvic, Heron [Carvic, Heron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780993576317
Google: uxBlPwAACAAJ
Amazon: B01EKK5SD4
Goodreads: 30054754
Publisher: Farrago
Published: 1969-06-28T05:00:00+00:00

The police left the Farmints’ little wiser than when they had arrived. They had added to the list of silver and valuables stolen, but not to their knowledge of the thief or thieves. In each case entry had been effected through a back window; the window showing signs of having been forced. In the two he had seen Delphick suspected that the scratches and splintering round the catches had been done later for effect. The windows could have been forced but the marks in both cases were so alike that they made him wonder. They had, he considered, the feeling of inside jobs or at all events of jobs that had been inspired by inside information. Little had been disturbed: the thief going straight for what he wanted. There had been no noise and, although it was possible to jimmy a window unnoticed, it was impossible to do it in silence. That three households should have failed to have heard any such sounds seemed to be carrying the burglar’s luck to extremes.

The first victims had discovered their loss when the daughter of the house had gone downstairs to fetch some milk and found the kitchen window open. At Lilikot Mrs. Blain had noticed that her dressing-table drawer was disarranged and her ring missing when she was preparing for bed. The owner of Glenvale House, on hearing a car in his drive, had looked out the bedroom window in time to see his own car disappearing. Mrs. Farmint had rung the police while her husband searched the house, and, finding silver missing and his wife’s jewel case gone, they had rung the police again.

The superintendent had decided and the Ashford inspector had concurred that the fact that Doris Quint was newly employed at all three houses was a pointer which could not be ignored. Although it was now nearly one o’clock, they determined to pay the Quints an immediate visit and hear what Mrs. Quint had to say. Delphick begged the use of the Farmints’ telephone before setting out for Plummergen Common. Bob reported: still no news. The weather had not abated and Delphick’s concern for Miss Seeton increased. Although he knew it to be virtually useless he was beginning to brood upon the possibility of calling out reserves and instituting a night search.

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