2/17 They're both as innocent as you are, in all probability. She's a strong and wiry woman, and you tell me Kitely was getting somewhat enfeebled--she might have killed him, you know. Murders, my dear fellow, are committed by the most unlikely people, and for curious reasons: they have been committed by quite respectable females--like Miss Pett--for nothing but a mere whim." "Do you really suspect her ?" demanded Bent. "That's what I want to know." "That's what I shan't tell you," replied Brereton, with a good-humoured laugh. "All I shall tell you is that I believe this murder to be either an exceedingly simple affair, or a very intricate affair. |