“When were you to return to Deepacres?”
“Her ladyship remarked to his lordship, on the way up, that she would like to stay in Town for a few days.”
“What did he say to that?”
“His lordship did not wish to remain in Town. His lordship wished to return to-morrow.”
“What decision did they come to?” asked Alleyn. Was it imagination, or had he got a slightly firm grip in the cork?
“His lordship,” said Tinkerton, “remarked that he had been dragged up to London and wouldn’t stay away longer than one night.”
“Then,” said Alleyn, “they had come to London solely on account of this visit to the flat?”
“I believe so, sir.”
“Where were you to spend the night?”
“In his lordship’s Town residence,” said Tinkerton genteelly. “Twenty-four Brummel Street, Park Lane.”