4/29 "There's no sense in taking matters out of my hands. And if you will pardon my saying so, I should have been sent for in the first instance." "I daresay," snapped Garvington, coolly. "But the matter is too important to be left in the hands of a local policeman." Darby was nettled, and his hard eyes grew angry. "I am quite competent to deal with any murder, even if it is that of the highest in England, much less with the death of a common gypsy." "That's just where it is, Darby. The common gypsy who has been shot happens to be my brother-in-law." "Sir Hubert Pine ?" questioned the inspector, thoroughly taken aback. |