Maud's pale eyes stared at him. "I didn't notice anything," she said.
In face of what he had heard from the other witnesses, this startled the Inspector. He looked suspiciously at Maud, and said: "Come, come, Mrs. Herriard! Isn't it a fact that there had been a good deal of quarrelling going on between the deceased and certain members of the house-party?"
"I daresay," said Maud indifferently. "I didn't pay any attention. My brother-in-law was a very quarrelsome man."
"Oh!" said the Inspector. "Then you wouldn't say that there had been anything out of the ordinary in the way of unpleasantness?"
"No," she said. "There is always unpleasantness in this house. Mr. Herriard was very disagreeable."
The Inspector coughed. "You've lived here for some time, haven't you, madam?"
"Two years," she said, without a change in her expression.
"Then I may take it that you know most of the ins and outs of the place, as one might say?"
"I never interfered," said Maud.
"No, madam, I'm sure… "Would you say that there had been any serious trouble between the deceased and any of his guests?"