19The Bishop of Devizes was not amused. He knew he had no business to be there for one thing, and moreover, he expected better manners in officials than Sergeant Dacre in his excitement had displayed. But he stuck to his determination to stand by the persecuted young foreigner, to whom he had taken a liking.
He sat in the visitor’s chair, looking graceful and out of place in the Chief’s office, and regarded Holly without enthusiasm. It was evident that Don was unhappy. He had refused a chair and now stood, young and splendid before the desk, while Oates and Holly watched him and Mr. Campion hung about unobtrusively in the background.
“I’ve told the Inspector,” he was saying, “I don’t want to obstruct you people in any way, and I don’t know why you’re interested, but I had an idea that if
