"There is one door from outside. There is another which leads up by a stair to the passage in which Lady Beatrice's room is situated."
"These are deep waters, Mr. Mason; deep and rather dirty. You say that Sir Robert was not at home last night?"
"No, sir."
"Then, whoever was burning bones, it was not he."
"That's true, sir."
"What is the name of that inn you spoke of?"
"The 'Green Dragon.'"
"Is there good fishing in that part of Berkshire?"
The honest trainer showed very clearly upon his face that he was convinced that yet another lunatic had come into his harassed life.
"Well, sir, I've heard there are trout in the millstream and pike in the Hall lake."