“You can,” said Giles. “I'll let you know as soon as I've had a word with Truelove.”
“Come and have tea,” invited Antonia. “Kenneth's taking Violet out to a matinee.”
“He needn't do that,” said Roger. “Just ring me up.”
Giles paid no heed to this somewhat tactless suggestion. He was looking at Antonia. “Do you want me to, Tony?”
She raised her candid eyes to his face. “Yes, I do,” she answered.
So Giles Carrington, making vague excuses to his suspicious and somewhat incensed parent, left the office shortly after half past three next day, drove himself to Chelsea, and arrived at his cousin's flat just as Superintendent Hannasyde was preparing to mount the stairs to the front door. “Hullo, what brings you here again so soon?” he inquired. “Have you discovered a startling new development?”
“Yes,” said Hannasyde, “I have.”
Chapter Fifteen
The smile vanished from Giles Carrington's eyes, but it was in the same lazy, rather humorous voice that he said: “That sounds exciting. What has happened?”
They began to walk up the stairs together. The Superintendent said with a twinkle: “Don't worry, neither of your clients is implicated in the new developments.”