If I could only anger the fellow sufficiently he might blurt out something of value.

Anyhow, my best card was cool indifference.
"There is not much to say," I replied deliberately.

"I 'll answer your questions so far as I think best, and then I 'll ask a few of you.

The lady upstairs is Viola Henley, the wife of Philip Henley.

She has come down here to take legal possession of this property.