“I really don’t think there’s very much else,” said Alleyn. “There’s a small point about the arrival of your three elder sons after Lord Wutherwood left. In what order did they come into the drawing-room?”
“The twins came in first. Henry appeared a moment or two later.”
“How long, should you say, sir? A minute? Two minutes?”
“I shouldn’t think longer than two minutes. I don’t think any one had spoken before he came in.”
“You didn’t at once tell them that Lord Wutherwood had promised to see you out of the wood?”
“I didn’t, no. I was still rather chastened, you see, by my scolding.”
“Oh, yes,” said Alleyn politely. “Of course. That really is all, I think, sir. I’m so sorry but I’m afraid I shall have to litter a few men about the flat for a little while still.”
“Surely we may go out to-morrow?”
“Of course. You won’t, any of you, want to leave London?”
“No.”