“They have gone away together,” Pepster said, turning to me. “Come along, there’s nothing more to do here!”
“If you want to go through the house—” Mr. Bannister began.
“We don’t,” Pepster rejoined promptly. “We’ll take your refusal and if anything occurs we’ll call you as a witness.”
“But—”
“He isn’t.”
“Then good day to you.”
We turned away and though Mr. Bannister did not quite seem to like it, he made no effort to detain us.
“Yes, they’ve gone away together,” Pepster repeated, as we strolled towards Stone Hollow. “Why has Thoyne taken Tulmin out of the way?”
“It may be only a coincidence,” I observed.