“Ye-es,” said Bundle slowly. “But⁠—”

“Wait. And that someone must have been in the house at the time. It couldn’t very well have been someone from outside.”

“No,” agreed Bundle, more readily this time.

“Very well. Now, that narrows down things considerably. To begin with, I suppose a good many of the servants are family ones⁠—they’re your lot, I mean.”

“Yes,” said Bundle. “Practically all the staff stayed when we let it. All the principal ones are there still⁠—of course there have been changes among the under servants.”

“Exactly⁠—that’s what I am getting at. You⁠— ” he addressed Bundle⁠—“must go into all that. Find out when new servants were engaged⁠—what about footmen, for instance?”

“One of the footmen is new. John, his name is.”