Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post by Emily Brightwell

Author:Emily Brightwell [Brightwell, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: blt
ISBN: 9780425180044
Google: lHuJnQEACAAJ
Amazon: 0425180042
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2001-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

“She didn’t know about the Windemere brothers’ business relationship with her husband,” Barnes said calmly.

“That was different,” she snapped. “They hadn’t had anything to do with Harrison in eleven years. He’d have hardly been likely to mention them, would he?”

Witherspoon decided to try a different tactic. “Your butler gave me the names of everyone who was at your dinner party. I understand Mr. Bancroft was the last to leave that night?”

“I was,” Lionel admitted. “I stayed to have a word with Mrs. Nye. I left a few minutes after Harrison did.”

“And I retired for the night right after Lionel left,” Eliza Nye added.

“Yes, ma’am, we know that. We’ve already had a word with your staff. Your butler confirmed everyone’s movements. Did your husband happen to mention where he was going when he left here?”

“He did not,” she replied, “and I was rather annoyed with him about it. Of course I was careful not to show my displeasure in front of our guests.”

“I understand he often left the house late at night,” Witherspoon persisted.

“Often isn’t the word I’d use, Inspector. When we were first married, he went out a time or two. When he saw how much it upset me, he stopped,” she said. “Or if he left the house at night, he waited until after I’d retired for the evening.”

“But he didn’t that night, did he?” Barnes pointed out. “As a matter of fact, he left even before your last guests.”

“I was going to speak to him about it later,” she snapped. “But I never got the chance.”

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