"Did you hear this quarrel in progress?"
"I did."
"Did that in any way influence you when you decided to leave by the later train?"
"It did not."
There did not seem to be anything more to be got out of him on this point. Harding scrutinised him for a moment in silence, and then asked: "You were, I believe, related to General Billington-Smith?"
"Some kind of cousin," agreed Guest. "More like a connection."
"You visit this house fairly frequently?"
"Now and again," said Guest, carefully laying the charred match down on the edge of the table.
"You were, then, on good terms with the General?"
"We didn't quarrel," replied Guest?"