'Oh, chuck it, Si!' Albert remonstrated against these affectations of ignorance in a relative from whom he had no secrets.
'You mean Mrs. Tudor?'
'Yes.'
'She's disappeared again, has she? And you couldn't find her?'
Albert concurred.
'It seems to me, Alb,' said Simon, 'that you aren't shining very brilliantly just now as a detective. And I'm rather surprised, because I've been doing a bit of detective work myself, and it's nothing but just using your eyes.'
'What have you been up to?' Albert inquired.
'Oh, nothing. Never you mind. It's purely unofficial. You see, I'm not a detective. I'm only a servant that gets left at home. I've only been amusing myself. Still, I've found out a thing or two that you'd give your eyes to know, my son.'
'What?'
Albert pursued his quest of knowledge.