"But you might just tell me this--has Mr.Kitely ever had any visitors since he came to Highmarket ?" "Only one," answered Miss Pett.

"And it was my nephew, who came up for a week-end to see him on business.

Of course, I don't know what the business was.

Mr.Kitely had property in London; house-property, and----" "And your nephew, as his solicitor, no doubt came to see him about it," interrupted Brereton.

"Thank you, Miss Pett--I don't want to trouble you any more." He sat down as the housekeeper left the witness-box--confident that he had succeeded in introducing a new atmosphere into the case.