21/22 He rushed into the library, where David was still asleep and moving uneasily--muttering, the man thought: "'Come quickly, sir,' he cried, 'I fear something has happened to Sir Alan. He is lying on the ground outside the house, and I cannot arouse him.' "Then David Hume-Frazer sprang to his feet and shouted: "'My God! It was not a dream. He is murdered!' "Unquestionably--" But the barrister's cold-blooded synopsis of a thrilling crime proved to be too much for his hearer's nerves. |