"She told me that my father had murdered Mr. Horran, and that if I did not refuse to marry Ferdy, she would tell the police."
Clarice laughed derisively. "And you believed this story--a story which such a brazen girl had every inducement to tell."
"Not at first, but afterwards I found proof."
"Against your father? I can never believe that," said Miss Baird, very decidedly. "What proof--no, tell me first, on what grounds this Dumps woman based her accusation."
"She said that she was stopping at the Savoy Hotel, with her mother, for a rest."
"Quite right. I know she was. Mrs. Rebson told me. Go on."
"Mrs. Dumps on that night----"
"What night?"
"The night when Mr. Horran was killed."
"He was murdered between one and two in the morning."