She was indifferent to anything that might happen." Pettifer nodded.

"Yes, I can understand that." "It followed that her advisers had to act upon their own initiative." "And the third point ?" Pettifer asked.
"Well, it's not so much a point as an opinion of mine.

But I hold it strongly.

Her counsel mishandled the case." Pettifer pursed up his lips and grunted.

He tapped a finger once or twice on the table in front of him.