"It was rather an odd announcement, the one I saw."
"Odd? In what way?"
"Perhaps the oddity was also part of Sir Haselton Jardine's suggestion."
"What was there peculiar about the one you saw?"
"Well, there was a little about the marriage, and a good deal about the murder."
"What murder?"
"The Three Bridges murder. It seemed to me to be rather a funny mixture. It was not so much an announcement of the engagement as of Sir Haselton Jardine's connection with the murderer."
"His connection with the murderer?"
"As counsel for the Crown."
"I'm afraid I don't quite follow your meaning."