“‘Simeon.’”
“Then Darwin was with Rich that night?”
“No doubt.”
Carter folded the paper and placed it carefully away in his pocketbook. He looked upon this note as an important piece of evidence. The “he” mentioned in it, he felt confident, referred to the man who had been murdered at the Red Dragon Inn.
According to this note, Rich and Darwin had dined together at the Knickerbocker Cottage.
It would be an easy matter to find out what time they left that place.
Another thing was clear, and that was that Darwin had taken fright about something, or he never would have removed his things from the flat in such haste.
Was this move an indication of guilt?
Carter turned to Dora, and asked:
“Do you know where Rich and his sister reside?”