"You have new evidence, Inspector Hallam says."
"Yes; what we think is conclusive evidence."
"May I know what it is?"
"Certainly. We have a man who saw Betty Kane being picked up by the car at the bus stop—"
"By a car," Robert said.
"Yes, if you like, by a car-but its description fits that of the Sharpes'."
"So do ten thousand others in Britain. And?"
"The girl from the farm, who went once a week to help clean The Franchise, will swear that she heard screams coming from the attic."
" Went once a week? Doesn't she go any longer?"
"Not since the Kane affair became common gossip."