25/32 "So the vultures, it seems, have not turned up yet and made their roost in my nest. Most kind of you to stay home and give up your business to meet me! You know Colonel Talbot Rutter, of Moorlands, I presume, and Mr.Harry Rutter--Of course you do! Harry has told me all about your midnight meeting when you took him for a constable, and he took you for a thief. No--please don't laugh, Pawson--Mr.Rutter is the worst kind of a thief. Not only has he stolen my heart because of his goodness to me, but he threatens to make off with my body. |