Carrington looked a little surprised.
"Girls don't generally murder their uncles for choice, in my own experience; especially if they are also their benefactors."
"This was hardly the usual relationship," said the lawyer with a touch of significance.
"Do you suggest that the irregularity is apt to breed crime?"
Simon's grunt seemed to signify considerable doubt as to the morals of the type of relative.
"But what sort of girl is she otherwise?"
"I should call Miss Farmond the insinuating type. A young man like yourself would probably find her very attractive—at first anyhow."
Mr. Carrington seemed to ponder for a moment on this suggestive description of Miss Farmond's allurements. And then he asked:
"Is it the case that she is engaged to Sir Malcolm?"