“And that would have spoilt it rather. You would have had time to recognize her walk.”
Bill was interested now.
“That’s rather funny, you know, Tony. We none of us thought of that.”
“You’re sure she didn’t come across the park when none of you were looking?”
“Quite. Because, you see, Betty and I were expecting her, and we kept looking round in case we saw her, so that we should all be playing with our backs to her.”
“You and Miss Calladine were playing together?”
“I say, however do you know that?”
“Brilliant deductive reasoning. Well, then you suddenly saw her?”
“Yes, she walked across that side of the lawn.” He indicated the opposite side, nearer to the house.
“She couldn’t have been hiding in the ditch? Do you call it the moat, by the way?”