![]() ![]() on Friday morning, then he must have come back to that room sometime. But if that old lady was correct in stating that she saw Canon Pennyfather leaving his room at 3 a.m. When the room was wanted for the new lady coming in.”Ī straightforward coherent account. He was keeping his room on, you see, sir.” “No, sir, they were hanging up in the cupboards. ![]() Either she knew nothing about the Canon’s return or she was a highly accomplished actress. Father opened his mouth, then shut it again. She stared at him with an air of bewilderment. “And there was nothing to show that he had come back into the room-perhaps quite late-after midnight?” He may have washed his hands last thing before going off.” I presume that would be the evening before. ![]() “There was a damp hand towel, sir, that had been used. “So you didn’t go into his room at all the next day?” “What did you do ordinarily-take him early tea? Breakfast?” He went on: “Did you call him the next morning?” The contents of the suitcases had been examined, but had given no useful lead. By then he must have left, or at any rate he was downstairs. You see, I’m not on duty in the afternoons. ![]()
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