female’s hand.
“Was Miss Drake here last Tuesday morning when you arrived?”
“Why yes, Miss, indeed she was. Fast asleep in her bed and hardly woke up when I brought her in her tea.”
“Oh, thank you,” said Tuppence and went disconsolately down the stairs.
She had arranged to meet Tommy for lunch in a small Restaurant in Soho and there they compared notes.
“I have seen that fellow, Rice. It is quite true he did see Una Drake in the distance at Torquay.”
“Well,” said Tuppence, “we have checked these alibis all right. Here, give me a bit of paper and a pencil, Tommy. Let us put it down neatly like all detectives do.”
They looked at each other.