“But why stage all that comedy at the Abbey when he’d had the formula at his own works?”
“There might be ways of explaining that,” said Loraine. “The same line of argument you used about Mr. O’Rourke. Suspicion had to be diverted from him and placed in another quarter.”
Bundle nodded eagerly.
“It all fits in. Suspicion is to fall on Bauer and the Countess. Who on earth would ever dream of suspecting Sir Oswald Coote?”
“I wonder if Battle does,” said Jimmy slowly.
Some chord of memory vibrated in Bundle’s mind. Superintendent Battle plucking an ivy leaf off the millionaire’s coat. Had Battle suspected all the time?