The Jewel Casket

The Jewel Casket
The Kitchen Maid
The Lady of Shalott
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"Not telling, eh? Return ticket in her coat pocket, perhaps, is that it?"
"It could be, Mr. Crackenthorpe."
"Well, granting she came from London, perhaps the chap she came to meet had the idea that the Long Barn would be a nice place to do a quiet murder. He knows the set up here, evidently. I should go looking for him if I were you, Inspector."
"We are," said Inspector Craddock, and made the two little words sound quiet and confident.
He thanked Alfred and dismissed him.
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"You know, he said to Bacon, I've seen that chap somewhere before…."
Inspector Bacon gave his verdict.
"Sharp customer," he said. "So sharp that he cuts himself sometimes."
II
"I don't suppose you want to see me," said Bryan Eastley apologetically, coming into the room and hesitating by the door. "I don't exactly belong to the family –"
"Let me see, you are Mr. Bryan Eastley, the husband of Miss Edith Crackenthorpe, who died five years ago?"