"What story?" he enquired.
"That Sir Malcolm and Miss Farmond were concerned in Sir Reginald's murder."
There was something compelling in Ned's directness. Simon pushed aside the papers and looked at him fixedly.
"Oh," he said. "They say that, do they?"
"Haven't you heard?"
Simon's grunt was non-committal.
"Well anyway, this derned story is going about, and something's got to be done to stop it."
"What do you suggest?"
"Are you still working the case for all you know how?"
Simon seemed to resent this enquiry a little.