“Neither had the man who killed that old woman.”
“Who did it? Tell me that!”
“I am not quite prepared to answer, but in time I will be. I am here to tell you that the death of your ostracized sister shall be avenged, no matter whose neck the rope stretches, figuratively speaking.”
“You don’t mean to insinuate that I had a hand in the crime?”
“I make no charges. I merely called to ask if she was not your sister?”
“I’ve answered that question.”
“And you let her go to the potter’s field?”
“I did, and I would do it again under the circumstances.”
“Don’t talk to me about my having no heart, Mr. Lamont.”
“I couldn’t think of acknowledging her and having the body in my house.”