“You knew all the time? At least, you guessed?”

“Wait till tomorrow. I’ll tell you everything tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow!” said Bill in great disappointment.

“Well, I’ll tell you one thing tonight, if you’ll promise not to ask any more questions. But you probably know it already.”

“What is it?”

“Only that Mark Ablett did not kill his brother.”

“And Cayley did?”

“That’s another question, Bill. However, the answer is that Cayley didn’t, either.”

“Then who on earth⁠—”

“Have some more beer,” said Antony with a smile. And Bill had to be content with that.