“Levasseur. He was killed on one of the Virgin Islands two years ago.”
There was a pause. Then, in an even quieter voice than before, Miss Bishop asked:
“Who killed him?”
Pitt answered readily. There was no reason why he should not, though he began to find the catechism intriguing.
“Captain Blood killed him.”
“Why?”
Pitt hesitated. It was not a tale for a maid's ears.
“They quarrelled,” he said shortly.
“Was it about a... a lady?” Miss Bishop relentlessly pursued him.
“You might put it that way.”