“What is it?” said Griselda. “And Mary, you must remember not to knock on doors. I’ve told you about it before.”
“Thought you might be busy,” said Mary. “Colonel Melchett’s here. Wants to see the master.”
Colonel Melchett is Chief Constable of the county. I rose at once.
“I thought you wouldn’t like my leaving him in the hall, so I put him in the drawing-room,” went on Mary. “Shall I clear?”
“Not yet,” said Griselda. “I’ll ring.”
She turned to Miss Marple and I left the room.