“I surmise.”
“Wot?”
“Rich and Darwin followed the old cove until they cornered him at the Red Dragon Inn.”
“Yes.”
“Then Rich got into the place and—you can imagine the rest.”
“Youse don’t know fer a certainty?”
“I didn’t see it done.”
“Was Rich familiar with the Red Dragon Inn?”
“Darwin told me that he used to go there years ago.”
Carter had stopped using the tough vernacular, but Brockey did not notice it.