“Yes. Mark never seemed quite happy unless he had Cayley doing something for him. He was quite lost and helpless without him. And, funnily enough, Cayley seemed lost without Mark.”

“He was fond of him?”

“Yes, I should say so. In a protective kind of way. He’d sized Mark up, of course⁠—his vanity, his self-importance, his amateurishness and all the rest of it⁠—but he liked looking after him. And he knew how to manage him.”

“Yes.⁠ ⁠… What sort of terms was he on with the guests⁠—you and Miss Norris and all of them?”

“Just polite and rather silent, you know. Keeping himself to himself. We didn’t see so very much of him, except at meals. We were here to enjoy ourselves, and⁠—well, he wasn’t.”

“He wasn’t there when the ghost walked?”