“I imagine one more risk or so won’t make much difference to me,” said Aunt Hatt grimly.
Guffy looked uncomfortable. “Miss Huntingforest, I shall never forgive myself for the inconvenience and trouble we’ve brought upon you,” he said.
“They started before you came,” said the lady with resignation.
“Count us in on it,” said Mary firmly, and the older woman nodded.
Mr. Campion leant forward, a comic figure in his remarkable garments.
“The situation, so far,” he observed, “is definitely sound. If it weren’t for the simple-livers on the heath and the evidence delivered so neatly by the gentleman in the dining-room that our opponents are not so daft as I had hoped, the affair would be almost plain sailing. As it is, I’m afraid there’s a risk, a much greater one than I dreamed would ever be
