“I never liked him,” said Mrs. Norbury firmly. “Never.” However, thought Antony to himself, that didn’t quite prove that Cayley was a murderer.

“How did Miss Norbury get on with him?” he asked cautiously.

“There was nothing in that at all,” said Miss Norbury’s mother emphatically. “ Nothing. I would say so to anybody.”

“Oh, I beg your pardon. I never meant⁠—”

“Nothing. I can say that for dear Angela with perfect confidence. Whether he made advances⁠—” She broke off with a shrug of her plump shoulders.