11 The MazeThey were having tea on the lawn at the Manor the following day. Judge Lobbett had insisted that his ‘landlords’, as he called them, should be present when the art expert arrived. The old man was anxious to do all he could to dispel the gloom which had settled over the Dower House, and since Giles himself had expressed the desire to carry on as usual, he was all the more eager to help.
Mr Campion had accompanied the twins as a matter of course, and Addlepate escorted them.
They had sat long over their tea and it was almost six o’clock when they arose. The sun was dropping behind the house, the last blaze of yellow light shone over the garden, gilding the green leaves and warming the pale browns of the tree stems. Some of the peace and contentment of the evening settled upon th
