"And who is Sweetlips Kind?"
"A Cheap-jack, whom I know very well. He was a----" here Elspeth paused and looked hard at the red-faced doctor.
"Go on. I am Herries' friend."
"Well then, Sweetlips Kind was a detective, and says that he will try and find the real murderer."
"Why should he take this trouble over Herries?"
"For my sake, because I have been waiting on Mrs. Kind--poor Rachel."
"And why should _you_ take the trouble?"
Elspeth flushed.
"Mr. Herries was kind to me," and she related the incident of the bucket.
Browne hemmed and hawed.