Armadale went off on a fresh tack.

“Did he seem to be well off for money?”

“He paid me regularly, if that’s what you mean.”

“He had a car and a chauffeur, hadn’t he?”

“Yes.”

“Were they his own or simply hired?”

“I don’t know. Not my business.”

“The Gunner’s Mansions flats are expensive?”

“They get the name of it. I don’t know what he paid.”

“You don’t seem to have had much curiosity, Marden.”