CHAPTER 5
Two Alarming PeopleAs soon as Mr Campion came face to face with Superintendent Fred South he realized that Lugg’s estimate of him was very fair. Here indeed was no amateur. He turned out to be a plump elderly man with the face of a comedian, who dressed in highly coloured tweeds which were disarmingly shabby and a good deal too tight for him. His eyes, which might have been designed by Disney, had tufts over them. His walk was buoyant to the point of exaggeration, and as he shook hands he was smiling all over his face.
Beside him Lugg appeared subdued and wore the expression of a gun-dog who, much against his better judgement, has brought in something unfortunate—say a prize rooster.
Mr Campion met them outside the barn some little distance from the front door and he paused t
