“About the servants. Are there any foreigners among them?”
“Two only, I believe, both French: the chef and Lady Rawson’s maid.”
“I will see them all in turn, beginning with Thomson. May I ring?”
He put one or two questions to the footman who answered the summons before sending him in search of the valet.
“Who was on duty in the hall last night?”
“I was, sir—till ten, when I went to supper.”
“Were there any callers?”
“No, sir.”
“Mr. Carling was in this room the whole time?”