"But I certainly can't imagine anyone murdering him," continued Bundle. "The idea's absurd."
"Of course it is," said Lord Caterham. "Or would be to anyone but an ass like Inspector Raglan."
"I daresay looking for fingerprints made him feel important," said Bundle soothingly. "Anyway, they brought it in 'Death by misadventure,' didn't they?"
Lord Caterham acquiesced.
"They had to show some consideration for the sister's feelings."
"Was there a sister? I didn't know."
"Half-sister, I believe. She was much younger. Old Wade ran away with her mother—he was always doing that sort of thing. No woman appealed to him unless she belonged to another man."
"I'm glad there's one bad habit you haven't got," said Bundle.
"I've always led a very respectable God-fearing life," said Lord Caterham. "It seems extraordinary, considering how little harm I do to anybody, that I can't be let alone. If only—"
He stopped as Bundle made a sudden excursion through the window.