"Yes."
"Then he gave you some references, I suppose?"
"Only his bankers and his lawyers."
"Do you remember those?"
"Yes. The bankers were Gregsons, and the lawyer's name was Cuthbert."
Mr. Benjamin made a note of both.
"There is nothing more which it occurs to you to tell us, Miss Thurwell?" he asked.
"There is one circumstance which seemed to me at the time suspicious," she said slowly. "It was after the body had been carried to Mr. Brown's house, and I was waiting for my father there. I think I must have suspected Mr. Brown then, in a lesser degree, for I took the opportunity of being alone to look into his sitting room. It was rather a mean thing to do," she added hurriedly, "but I was a little excited at the notion of his guilt, and I felt that I would do anything to help to bring the truth to light."
"It was very natural," interposed Mr. Levy, senior, who had been watching for some time for the opportunity of getting a word in. "Very natural, indeed."
His son took no notice of the interruption, and Helen continued.