"I thought so the moment I heard the story."
"I've always thought that Luke de Mountford a queer sort of fellow."
"And he took his cousin's advent very badly."
"Well one can't wonder at that exactly—to lose a future peerage all of a sudden—and he has no private fortune either——"
"Poor beggar."
"I heard there were awful rows between the cousins until Lord Radclyffe himself turned Luke and the others out of the house."
"And now Philip de Mountford has been murdered."
"And the police will seek him whom the crime benefits."
"It certainly looks very suspicious."
"A real cause célèbre! Won't it be exciting."