“Molly? The chambermaid? No. Why?”
“Good! I believe you. She says you married her.”
“What does she say that for? Is she crazy? But it doesn’t bother me; I’ve troubles of my own. I can’t think anybody will believe her.”
“No; she said it to shield someone else. And of course, a man. So, that’s our one hope. Who is that man?”
“What matter? We’re looking for a woman.”
“But the man might be a help. Why could Melly make a man marry her, unless he were desperately afraid of what she could tell?”
“But it may all have no connection with our case.”
“I’ve got a hunch it has. And I’m going to find out. And, first of all, I want to go over the ground again of scrutinizing the place where Sir Herbert died.”
“No evidence there. The floors have been scrubbed many times.”
“But the marks remain.”