Carter uttered an exclamation of annoyance.
“When you mentioned the name of Lawrence, I remembered that a man by that name had been murdered on New Year’s Eve at the Red Dragon Inn, and I also remembered that it was stated that you were working on the case. You see, I know.”
“Humph!”
“Now that I come to think of it, I remember reading that that man had just been released from State’s prison. It was also stated that he was the forger of the Lawrence will. If that be so, then he was a cousin of Simeon and Sally Rich. Mr. Carter!”
“What is the matter?”
“A thought just occurred to me, and it startled me.”
“What was it?”
“Do you believe that Simeon Rich and Richard Darwin had a hand in that murder?”
“I can’t tell.”
“Perhaps Rich was afraid of Lawrence——”