"With what motive?"
"Same as John's. Crime passionnel."
"What, more IOUs?"
"No. Jealousy. Revenge. All the hall-marks of a passionate murder, don't you think?"
"It's an idea," she said, knitting her brows. "Do you happen to know if he'd done the dirty on anyone?"
"Naturally I don't. I should have spilt the whole story, dear idiot. But lots of pretty ladies in Ernie's life."
"You think some unknown man murdered him because of a woman? It sounds quite plausible, but how on earth did he manage to do it in the time?"
"Not having been there, I can't say. You work it out."
"The point is, will the Superintendent be able to work it out?" she said.
"A much more important point to me is, will he be able to work out how I could have committed both murders?" retorted Neville.